*New report highlights the scientific impact of open source software*
Two of the scientists who won this year’s Nobel Prize
<https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/press-release/> for
cracking the code of proteins’ intricate structures relied, in part, on
a series of computing models that anyone with a computer and the right
understanding can access and run.
Their creation, collectively called AlphaFold, quickly and accurately
predicts the three-dimensional structure of each of the millions of
proteins in the human body, a key to understanding their unique
functions. In designing this model, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper
relied on the shared work of tens of thousands of scientists and
publicly available open source software, underscoring how open science
is powering scientific discovery.
Open source software refers to blocks of code that are developed and
maintained online for anyone to use, improve, or share as they see fit —
all for free. Biomedical scientists depend on these public tools to
analyze large, complex data sets, paving the way for the development of
new drugs and treatments.
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