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The ultrafast placement of an electron in a polar liquid generates collective molecular vibrations in a spherical nano-volume. The vibrations change the diameter of this sphere periodically for more ...

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AlphaFold 3, unveiled to the world on May 9, is the latest version of an algorithm designed to predict the structures of proteins – vital molecules used by all life – from the “instruction code” in ...

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Fig. 1. (a) Localized electron in a polar liquid. The scheme shows the probability density of a localized electron (contour) in an environment of solvent molecules with an electric dipole moment. (b) ...