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Molecule Folding Prediction

Caption: Variational calculations rapidly predicted the folded shape of this 36-monomer, protein-like polypeptide known as the Villin Headpiece Subdomain.

Credit: P. Faccioli et al., Physical Review Letters (forthcoming)

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