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VeloxChem open-source quantum chemistry software

14 January 202514 January 2025 chris

I just stumbled across this and thought I’d flag it. VeloxChem is a Python-based open source quantum chemistry software developed for the calculation of molecular

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GitHub Copilot for Xcode is now available

15 November 2024 chris

GitHub have announced that GitHub Copilot for Xcode is now available is now available for public preview. Key features of GitHub Copilot for Xcode: You

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M4 Mac mini teardown

13 November 202413 November 2024 chris

iFixit provide a detailed disassembly of the new Mac mini, highlighting upgrade options.

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Open-source Cheminformtics Toolkits

18 July 202418 July 2024 chris

I’ve just updated the page on open-source cheminformatics toolkits, please let me know if I’ve missed any.

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Querying 1TB on a MacBook Pro with Python dataframes

9 July 20249 July 2024 chris

This looks interesting, handling large datasets is becoming more common and I’m always on the lookout for useful tools because pandas requires your dataframe to

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Introducing Pkl, a programming language for configuration

6 February 20246 February 2024 chris

An interesting post from Apple, the open source first release of Pkl (pronounced Pickle), a programming language for producing configuration. There is an introductory blog post

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An AutoDock Vina script

8 December 20231 January 2024 chris

Another script from the fantastic MayaChemTools collection created by Manish Sud. A new command line script named VinaPerformDocking.py. The script relies on the presence of AutoDock Vina, Meeko,

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REINVENT4

7 November 20237 November 2023 chris

REINVENT is a molecular design tool for de novo design, scaffold hopping, R-group replacement, linker design, molecule optimization, and other small molecule design tasks. At

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Parallel docking using EasyDock

5 November 20235 November 2023 chris

As virtual libraries get ever larger the challenges of virtual screening get larger. Whilst docking into a target protein is a very popular and successful

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Excel update helps scientists

23 October 202323 October 2023 chris

Whilst Excel is widely regarded as ubiquitous I avoid using it for many reasons. In particular, the “helpful” automatic formatting of data. However it sounds

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    Running Qwen3.5-397B on a M3 MacBook Pro

    A while back Apple published a paper entitled LLM in a flash: Efficient Large Language Model Inference with Limited Memory [DOI] This paper tackles the challenge of...

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    RSC CICAG Chemical Structure Representations Meeting 2026 

    This meeting will be held at Burlington House, London, UK on Wednesday 8th April 2026. A one-day conference on Chemical Structure...
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    OpenADMET Blind Challenge: Predicting PXR Induction

    The next OpenADMET blind challenge focuses on predicting human Pregnane-X Receptor (hPXR) induction. The pregnane X receptor (hPXR) is the major...
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    OpenFold3-preview

    OpenFold3-preview is a biomolecular structure prediction model aiming to be a bitwise reproduction of DeepMind'sAlphaFold3, developed by the AlQuraishi Lab at Columbia University and the OpenFold consortium. This research...
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    SCORE MLX Distilled CheMeleon molecular fingerprints on Apple Silicon

    ChemeleonSMD distills the CheMeleon pretrained Directed Message Passing Neural Network (DMPNN) into a SCORE-style...

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