This two‐part Review examines how automation has contributed to different aspects of
discovery in the chemical sciences. In this first part, we describe a classification for …

Advances in materials are an important contributor to our technological progress, and yet the
process of materials discovery and development itself is slow. Our current research process …

Structure-based virtual screening is an important tool in early stage drug discovery that
scores the interactions between a target protein and candidate ligands. As virtual libraries …

There is an urgent need to make drug discovery cheaper and faster. This will enable the
development of treatments for diseases currently neglected for economic reasons, such as …

Metabolite exchange among co-growing cells is frequent by nature, however, is not
necessarily occurring at growth-relevant quantities indicative of non-cell-autonomous …

Applications of carbon nanotubes continue to advance, with substantial progress in
nanotube electronics, conductive wires, and transparent conductors to name a few …

Bioethanol is the largest biotechnology product and the most dominant biofuel globally.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the most favored microorganism employed for its industrial …

Malaria, caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium, leads to over half a million deaths
per year, 90% of which are caused by Plasmodium falciparum. P. vivax usually causes …

Abstract Leishmaniasis is a Neglected Tropical Disease caused by the insect-vector borne
protozoan parasite, Leishmania species. Infection affects millions of the world's poorest …

The protozoan parasite Leishmania causes leishmaniasis; a spectrum of diseases of which
there are an estimated 1 million new cases each year. Current treatments are toxic …