Expanding the protein universe . Decades of slow-going experiments have revealed the structure of more than 194,000 proteins, all housed in the Protein Data Bank.

Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model ...

The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and David Baker for using machine learning to tackle ...

AlphaFold solved a structural biology riddle: predicting protein structure. And yet, CASP, a global competition born to solve that problem, lives on.

Every protein in the body is encased in a water shell that directs protein structure, provides vital stability and steers ...

Predicting proteins’ structure from their amino acid sequences had stumped researchers since the 1970s. But in 2020, Hassabis and Jumper developed an artificial intelligence model called AlphaFold2.

Understanding protein structure. DeepMind, represented by Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, had developed AIs that managed to master games as diverse as chess and StarCraft.

Work on protein structure and design wins the 2024 chemistry Nobel. Proteins drive much of the chemistry underlying all life on Earth. David Baker (left) figured out how to build new proteins.

“With AI for protein engineering, there are lots of opportunities to do really cool, innovative work and that can change the world.” Update: On October 9, the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded ...