There can be 1000s of electrons moving around the nuclei of a molecule–far too many for their distribution in the molecule to be determined exactly even with modern supercomputers. But during the 1950s, scientists realized that they could, in principle, use only a pair of electrons to represent any number of electrons accurately. That quest has been a ‘holy grail’ of theoretical chemistry for more than 50 years. He has developed and demonstrated the accuracy of an innovative approach that brings him much closer to the holy grail than anyone has managed to get before

i wonder if the increased accuracy will benefit the various protein folding projects?

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