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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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Mole2D molecule drawing package

31 March 202631 March 2026 chris

Mole2D is a lightweight molecule drawing package written in Python and PyQt6. All code is on GitHub https://github.com/sfmlab/mole2d and it requires RDKit and PyQt6.. PubChem

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RDKit Updated

28 March 202628 March 2026 chris

An update to RDKit has been released 2026_03_1 (Q1 2026). Highlights Note there are a number of backwards incompatible changes. Full details of the release

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OpenFold3-preview

15 March 202615 March 2026 chris

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

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MOE now runs on macOS Tahoe!

9 March 202614 March 2026 chris

Just got this message. We’re happy to announce the release of macOS-native MOE 2024.0604 for macOS Tahoe, also compatible with Big Sur and later versions

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SpaceLightN

2 March 20262 March 2026 chris

SpaceLightN is a command line tool from Prof. Rarey (University of Hamburg) for similarity-based virtual screening in large combinatorial fragment spaces. It utilizes well-known fingerprints

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BBEdit updated

20 February 202620 February 2026 chris

BBEdit everyone’s favourite text editor has been updated to 15.5.5 This update contains only fixes for reported symptoms. Please see the release notes for previous versions for

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MayaChemTools update

13 February 202613 February 2026 chris

Another addition to the superb MayaChemTools OpenFECalculateRelativeBindingFreeEnergySepTop.py to calculate Relative Binding Free Energy using a Separated Topologies (SepTop)  approach. The script relies on the availability of OpenFE

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Cheminformatics Microservice V3: a web portal for chemical structure manipulation and analysis

5 February 20265 February 2026 chris

There is an interesting paper in Journal of Cheminformatics  J Cheminform 17, 142 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-025-01094-1 Cheminformatics Microservice V3 aims to provide easily accessible and reproducible cheminformatics tools.

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ChemDoodle 2D v12.10 Update

4 February 20264 February 2026 chris

The popular chemistry drawing package ChemDoodle has been updated. Version 12.10.0 is a feature update for ChemDoodle 2D. Major additions include a much more powerful

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Visual Studio Code extension that renders SMILES strings

30 January 202630 January 2026 chris

MolView – SMILES Preview is a Visual Studio Code extension that renders SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System) strings as molecular structure diagrams on

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    mlxmolkit updated

    mlxmolkit is a GPU-accelerated molecular toolkit using MLX on Apple Silicon, it is a port of nvMolKit that uses Cuda. It now includes AreaWhat it doesEntry pointConformersDrop-in for RDKit EmbedMolecules:...

    https://macinchem.org/2026/09/23/mlxmolkit-updated-2/
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    ChemDoodle Update

    ChemDoodle 2D has been updated. The main focus is expanded support for inorganic compounds and complexes, including haptic bonds and multi-center attachments, their use in formula and mass calculations,...

    https://macinchem.org/2026/09/20/chemdoodle-update/
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    AlvaSketcher

    There a number of chemical drawing packages around that range from lightweight apps for providing structure input to database searches to large fully features packages designed to provide publication...
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    dock-postprocess

    This looks very useful. dock-postprocess is an open-source structure-based drug design toolkit for standardizing docking results and carrying them through restrained OpenMM minimization, pose QC, protein-ligand...

    https://macinchem.org/2026/09/07/dock-postprocess/
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    Updated Mac mini and Mac Studio

    Apple have announced new Mac mini and Mac Studio machines. Mac mini has either M5 Pro chip or M6 chip M5 Pro 15‑core CPU with 5 super cores and 10 performance...

    https://macinchem.org/2026/08/26/updated-mac-mini-and-mac-studio/

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