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Dry lab
A dry lab is a laboratory where computational or applied mathematical analyses are done on a computer-generated model to simulate a phenomenon in the physical realm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=dry lab )〕 Examples of such phenomena include a molecule changing quantum states, the event horizon of a black hole or anything that otherwise might be impossible or too dangerous to observe under normal laboratory conditions. This term may also refer to a lab that uses primarily electronic equipment, for example, a robotics lab. A dry lab can also refer to a laboratory space for the storage of dry materials.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Laboratory: Dry )〕 The term dry lab is also used in the photo printing industry to refer to photo printing systems that do not employ the use of "wet" photographic chemicals. Dry labbing can also refer to supplying fictional (yet plausible) results in lieu of performing an assigned experiment. == ''In silico'' chemistry == As computing power has grown exponentially this approach to research, often referred to as ''in silico'' (as opposed to ''in vitro''), has amassed more attention especially in the area of bioinformatics. More specifically, within bioinformatics, is the study of proteins or proteomics, which is the elucidation of their unknown structures and folding patterns. The general approach in the elucidation of protein structure has been to first purify a protein, crystallize it and then send X-rays through such a purified protein crystal to observe how these x-rays diffract into specific pattern—a process referred to as X-ray crystallography. However, many proteins, especially those embedded in cellular membranes, are nearly impossible to crystallize due to their hydrophobic nature. Although other techniques exists, such as ramachandran plotting and mass spectrometry, these alone generally do not lead to the full elucidation of protein structure or folding mechanisms.
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