Karplus, Levitt, and Warshel bags 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded to three American Scientists of varying nationalities ─ Martin Karplus (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, and Université de Strasbourg, France; born in Austria; US and Austrian citizen) Michael Levitt (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; born in South Africa; US, British, and Israeli citizen) and Arieh Warshel (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, born in Israel; US and Israeli citizen) for their pioneering discoveries, which laid foundation for the powerful programs that are used to understand and predict chemical processes. Computer models mirroring real life have become crucial for most advances made in chemistry today, opines Nobel Committee in its press release.

Modelling of an  Enzyme-DNA complex depicts the molecular interactions  at play.

Molecular modelling plays a vital role in our understanding of chemical processes 
in real life. Image credit: Zephyris via creative commons.

On Writing Styles

I find this interesting vimeo of an interview with Steven Pinker on writing, wherein he talks about where to begin, style, and the importance of knowing your audience; very informative, analytical, and helpful for all those upcoming writers out there. Steven is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University and this vimeo is from:  http://www.cambridgenights.com. Here's another Link to his hour-long lecture given at MIT on "Communicating Science and Technology in the 21st Century". Take a look!