Vaccines and beyond: How AI is shaping our pandemic response
With the new year, vaccination campaigns are gaining momentum in Switzerland and around the world. Fears and scepticism exist, but the good news is that science is running at full speed, unravelling age-old mysteries with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
This content was published on January 15, 2021 - 17:42
January 15, 2021 - 17:42
Sara Ibrahim
Writes about the impact of new technologies on society: are we aware of the revolution in progress and its consequences? Hobby: free thinking. Habit: asking too many questions.
Simon Bradley
Born in London, Simon is a multimedia journalist who has worked for www.swissinfo.ch since 2006. He speaks French, German and Spanish and covers the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, and a wide range of issues mainly in French-speaking Switzerland.
Artificial intelligence helps bring about record-fast vaccines
The function of a protein is determined by its 3D shape. Laguna Design/Science Photo Library
The rapid development of two highly effective Covid-19 vaccines was made possible through AI technology and innovative collaboration among researchers around the world, including Switzerland.
This content was published on January 8, 2021 - 11:00
January 8, 2021 - 11:00
Sara Ibrahim
Writes about the impact of new technologies on society: are we aware of the revolution in progress and its consequences? Hobby: free thinking. Habit: asking too many questions.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionise the world of science and solve some of the most complex problems facing modern biology. Chief among them: predicting the structure of unknown proteins to unlock the secrets of cells and the diseases that affect them. Recently, protein structures have been in the spotlight because of their central role in the