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Re:Chemists tie a knot using only 54 atoms by iouwhldkfjgklj on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:00PM (#39134389)
It's interesting. That's the benefit.
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Re:Chemists tie a knot using only 54 atoms by dekhn on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:34PM (#39134869)
Protein design is a multi-billion dollar field.

A single observation- thermostable proteases- was incorporated into modern laundry detergents, making Genentech and Corning billions of dollars in IP.

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Re:Chemists tie a knot using only 54 atoms by photonthug on Thursday January 25, 2024 @10:41PM (#39138684)
A category theory textbook opens the "motivation and use cases" section with the following poem:

There's a tiresome young man in Bayshore. / When his fiance cried 'I adore / the beautiful sea' / he replied 'I agree, / it's pretty, but what is it for?'

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