*New report highlights the scientific impact of open source software* Two of the scientists who won this year’s Nobel Prize <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/press-release/> for cracking the code of proteins’ intricate structures relied, in part, on a series of computing models that anyone with a computer and the right understanding can access and run. Their creation, collectively called AlphaFold, quickly and accurately predicts the three-dimensional structure of each of the millions of proteins in the human body, a key to understanding their unique functions. In designing this model, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper relied on the shared work of tens of thousands of scientists and publicly available open source software, underscoring how open science is powering scientific discovery. Open source software refers to blocks of code that are developed and maintained online for anyone to use, improve, or share as they see fit — all for free. Biomedical scientists depend on these public tools to analyze large, complex data sets, paving the way for the development of new drugs and treatments. [...] continua qui: https://www.statnews.com/sponsor/2024/11/26/new-report-highlights-the-scient...