Protein unfolding at high temperature happens because of entropy

Here is a video in which I use Molecular Workbench to illustrate protein unfolding.  I then go on to explain how conformational entropy contributes to the spontaneous unfolding with increasing temperature. The videos are part of a series that I am working on.


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Why is the heat capacity a maximum at a phase transition?

Here is a video in which I use Molecular Workbench to illustrate why the heat capacity is a maximum at a phase transition. The videos are part of a series that I am working on.


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Illustrating RNA interference

ChemTube3D goes inorganic on the iPad

Two exciting developments over at on of my favorite chemistry sites: ChemTube3D.  They have switched to JSmol so that it now works on iOS devises and doesn't require you to Java-enable your browser.

Furthermore, they have greatly expanded their inorganic chemistry section with interactive versions of figures from an inorganic chemistry textbook.

Computational Chemistry Highlights: December issue

The December issue of Computational Chemistry Highlights is out.

CCH is an overlay journal that identifies the most important papers in computational and theoretical chemistry published in the last 1-2 years. CCH is not affiliated with any publisher: it is a free resource run by scientists for scientists. You can read more about it here.

Table of content for this issue features contributions from CCH editor Steven Bachrach:

Six Pyranoside Forms of Free 2-Deoxy-D-ribose

Computation-aided structure determination

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