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A new AI model has become so good at predicting how molecules evolve over time that it could speed up the costly and time-consuming process of testing new drugs.
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Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg, Simon Olsson, Juan Viguera Diez
What
A new AI model has become so good at predicting how molecules evolve over time that it could speed up the costly and time-consuming process of testing new drugs.
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Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:44:00 GMT · 3h 40m ago
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Developing a new drug often takes over ten years from the initial idea to the finished medicine, with a large proportion of both cost and time concentrated in the early stages of testing.
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This AI breakthrough could significantly reduce the time and cost associated with drug discovery by rapidly identifying promising drug candidates. It promises to facilitate the development of new medicines and treatments by accelerating molecular simulations that are currently very computationally demanding.
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2 events in this thread- Health & Science3h 40m agoA new AI model, developed by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, can accelerate molecular simulations by more than 10,000 times compared to conventional methods.Open article
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