
How Robot Math and Smartphones Led Researchers to a Drug Discovery Breakthrough
An algorithm originally designed to help robots move was useful in tackling an entirely different problem
Ian Haydon is a Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington.
An algorithm originally designed to help robots move was useful in tackling an entirely different problem
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Scientists invented chemical weapons; some are now working to destroy them
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