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BioBlox2D game helps you learn protein docking

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 by Austin Harris

BioBlox2D is a new free mobile computer game inspired by tackling one of the hardest problems in biological science - how molecules fit together.BioBlox2D is the result of a collaboration between researchers at Imperial College London and Goldsmiths, University of London. It turns the science of how proteins fit together (or ‘dock’) with smaller molecules, such as medic...

Why Developers Should Hop on Board the Edutainment Train Before it Leaves the station

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 by Nancy MacIntyre

Ten years ago, educators, and game makers hotly debated the validity of ‘edutainment’ for kids’. Accusations leveled against technology companies were that entertaining educational games compromised the habits of mind (study analysis, reﬂection, contemplation and deliberation) and the experts questioned the balance of fun versus educational content.The debate has ...