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Three Share Nobel Chemistry Prize For Complex Computer Modeling
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Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of powerful computer models used to simulate how chemical reactions work, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced.
The technology they pioneered is now used to develop drugs and to perform other vital tasks in the laboratory.
"Chemists used to create models of molecules using plastic balls and sticks. Today, the modelling is carried out in computers," the academy said. "Computer models mirroring real life have become crucial for most advances made in chemistry today."
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