The supercomputer that folded a protein -
It took the supercomputer known as Anton, which you can see below, about three weeks to fully simulate every aspect of the atoms’ movements, not to mention that of the surrounding water. Such a small period of time may not sound like much, but the protein went through 15 rounds of folding and unfolding in just those couple hundred microseconds.
MIT researchers may be closer to understanding why spacesuit gloves hurt astronauts’ hands -
All spacesuit gloves stiffen and fill with gas during an astronaut spacewalk, also known as extravehicular activity, or EVA. This pressure production is required to keep astronauts alive in space, and current spacesuits provide one-third of an atmosphere, which is sufficient to ensure astronaut well-being. But the pressurized gloves in a pressurized spacesuit make it very difficult, and often painful, for astronauts to grasp objects during an EVA, which can last up to eight hours each day. Not surprisingly, the most common type of injury reported by astronauts involved in EVA work is hand-related, including a condition known as fingernail delamination, in which the nail completely detaches from the nail bed.
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