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Finding scientific applications has always been a little hit and miss since there is no “science” category on the iTunes store. To help out I’ve created a database listing applications that I knew about

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Vibe-coding: Structure Lens

12 November 202612 November 2026 chris

Nathan Brown posted an interesting snippet on LinkedIn I vibe-coded a chemistry app last weekend. It started as a curiosity, but it’s turned out to

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VIBE-QC: an open-source, general-purpose electronic-structure code

10 November 202610 November 2026 chris

Another example of vibe-coded chemistry software. We present VIBE-QC, a general-purpose open-source electronic-structure code for molecules and solids, developed almost entirely through generative-AI-assisted programming (“vibe-coding”)

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ChemDoodle 3D updated

9 November 20269 November 2026 chris

iChemLabs have just announced a version 8 of ChemDoodle 3D software. This update is free for all ChemDoodle subscriptions, Lifetime and Site licenses. Licenses are

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More on web browser extensions

9 November 20269 November 2026 chris

I recently published two Compound Lookup extensions for Safari and Chrome both of which have been downloaded over 100 times. They allow you so select

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ChemDraft an open-source chemical drawing package

3 November 20263 November 2026 chris

A reader recently highlighted ChemDraft (https://chemdraft.ai). A lightweight, open-source (Apache-2.0) chemical drawing app for macOS and Windows. It is built around local files and a

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Burette Updated

24 October 202624 October 2026 chris

Burette is a macOS desktop app and Quick Look extension for molecular previews: Mol* 3D, xyzrender SVG, and RDKit grids. There is a review of

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Avogadro Updated

23 October 202623 October 2026 chris

Avogadro is an advanced open source molecular editor and visualization tool. Download and installation instructions are here https://avogadro.cc/install/index.html

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An Updated Jupyter Notebook for docking

15 October 202615 October 2026 chris

In 2020 as a result of lockdown I was asked to help create a course for MRes students as an introduction to computer-aided drug design

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Compound Lookup Extensions

11 October 202611 October 2026 chris

I just noticed that the Compound Lookup extensions have been downloaded over 100 times (Safari + Chrome) and I’ve received some positive feedback.. I’m delighted

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Building QupKake on Apple Silicon (macOS arm64)

10 October 202610 October 2026 chris

QupKake predicts micro-pKa values with GFN2-xTB plus graph neural networks. Its README targets Linux. On an Apple Silicon Mac the obvious routes all fail: This

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    VIBE-QC: an open-source, general-purpose electronic-structure code

    Another example of vibe-coded chemistry software. We present VIBE-QC, a general-purpose open-source electronic-structure code...

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    ChemDoodle 3D updated

    iChemLabs have just announced a version 8 of ChemDoodle 3D software. This update is free for all ChemDoodle subscriptions, Lifetime and Site licenses. Licenses are as little as $29,...

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    More on web browser extensions

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    Cambridge Cheminformatics Network meeting

    The next Cambridge Cheminformatics Network Meeting is 11 November 2026, 4pm UK time at Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, Cambridge, UK and Online (Hybrid...
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