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Published online 14 March 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060313-4

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Supercomputer builds a virus

Vast simulation captures molecules in motion.

One of the world's most powerful supercomputers has conjured a fleeting moment in the life of a virus. The researchers say the simulation is the first to capture a whole biological organism in such intricate molecular detail.

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