: Skip to Navigation about Plus support Plus Plus sponsors subscribe to Plus terms of use Search this site : Cyber experiments : The 2013 Nobel prize in chemistry by Marianne Freiberger Submitted by mf344 on October 9, 2013 in chemistry mathematical modelling Nobel prize quantum mechanics Martin Karplus . Image Nobel Media . AB If chemistry makes you think of white lab coats and green liquids then think again . This year's Nobel prize goes to three researchers who took chemical experiment into cyberspace Martin Karplus , Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel found the optimal balance between physical theories to enable computer simulations of hugely complex chemical systems . The simulations help researchers understand how these systems work at very small scales and how we may be able to