New computer program promises to be 'Rosetta Stone' for chemical names
Monday, May 4, 2009 - 12:42
in Mathematics & Economics
In an advance that will help speed global development of new drugs and patenting of new commercial and industrial products, a scientist in New Mexico is reporting development of the first computer program that can quickly and accurately translate complex chemical names from one language into another. The study is in the current edition of ACS' Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, a bi-monthly publication...