Category Archives: What is new

Molekulare Maschinen: Die Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Bedrohung, Teil I.

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

Was Freunde mit und für uns tun, ist auch ein Erlebtes; denn es stärkt und fördert unsere Persönlichkeit. Was Feinde gegen uns unternehmen, erleben wir nicht, wir erfahren’s nur, lehnen’s ab und schützen uns dagegen wie gegen Frost, Sturm, Regen … Continue reading →

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Modelling Natural Shapes: (Easter) Eggs 2020

Posted on April 12, 2020 by

One year ago, I wrote an article about the modelling of the egg shapes, promising at one point to come back on the topics. A next step in studying eggs shapes is to look to real one or a copy … Continue reading →

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Molecular Machines: the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Menace

Posted on March 5, 2020 by

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither … Continue reading →

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The Particle in a Box I: the Schrödinger Equation in One-dimension

Posted on February 17, 2020 by

In 1926, the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) made a fundamental mathematical discovery that had a profound impact on the study of the molecular world (in 1933, Schrödinger was awarded with the Nobel prize in Physics just 7 years later … Continue reading →

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A personal tribute to the founder of MD simulation of biological molecules: Prof Herman J.C. Berendsen (1934-2019)

Posted on October 23, 2019 by

On the 7 October 2019, Prof Dr Herman Johan Christiaan Berendsen passed away just shortly after his 85 birthday. Prof Berendsen is considered the founder of the molecular dynamics simulation of biological system: the area of theoretical research that also … Continue reading →

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Retro programming nostalgia III: the MSX Microcomputer and the Orbit of the Planets in the Solar System

Posted on August 31, 2019 by

In a recent article, I have explained the Euler’s method for solving ordinary differential equations using as a motivation the fictionalized version in the film Hidden Figures of the scientific contribution of Katherine Goble and her two colleagues to the NASA … Continue reading →

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The Logistic Map and the Feigenbaum Constants: a Retro Programming Inspired Excursion

Posted on July 13, 2019 by

“… Mitchell Feigenbaum was an unusual case. He had exactly one published article to his name, and he was working on nothing that seemed to have any particular promise. His hair was a ragged mane, sweeping back from his wide … Continue reading →

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Numerical Integration of Differential Equations. Part I.: Katherine Goble and the Euler’s Method.

Posted on May 31, 2019 by

This article was inspired by the beautiful 2016 movie Hidden Figures (based on the book of the same name by M. L. Shetterley) which tell the dramatic story of three talented black women scientist that worked as “human computers” for … Continue reading →

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The Calculation of the Lattice Energy: The Born-Haber Cycle

Posted on May 26, 2019 by

My blog in italian on this topics is very popular and for this reason I decided to add an English translation (when I have some free time, I will also translate the text in the Figure and Table). So be … Continue reading →

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Modelling Patterns and Forms in Nature II: (Easter) Eggs

Posted on April 2, 2019 by

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait. PABLO PICASSO Easter … Continue reading →

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