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Physicist Jorge H. Rodriguez is shown here with the computer cluster he and his Purdue research team are using to probe the effects that spin, a quantum property of elementary particles, has on certain biochemical reactions. With further refinement, Rodriguez's efforts could permit scientists to simulate and predict the results of reactions between complex substances in a virtual environment without the need to combine them physically in the lab. This technique that could reduce drug development time and costs for pharmaceutical companies and expand ourÊknowledge of life's fundamental processes.
(Purdue News Service photo/David Umberger)
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