--- description: Find out why Google DeepMind AlphaFold 3 is one of the best inventions of 2024 title: Google DeepMind AlphaFold 3: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86d395fab79c33a2/698a8a471868923df26cd38c/google-deep-mind-best-inventions-loop.gif?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # Finding Cures by [Harry Booth](/author/harry-booth/) ## Harry Booth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Booth is a reporter at TIME.  7PNM - Spike protein of a common cold virus (Coronavirus OC43): AlphaFold 3’s structural prediction for a spike protein (blue) of a cold virus as it interacts with antibodies (turquoise) and simple sugars (yellow), accurately matches the true structure (gray). The animation shows the protein interacting with an antibody, then a sugar. Advancing our knowledge of such immune-system processes helps better understand coronaviruses, including COVID-19, raising possibilities for improved treatments. 7PNM - Spike protein of a common cold virus (Coronavirus OC43): AlphaFold 3’s structural prediction for a spike protein (blue) of a cold virus as it interacts with antibodies (turquoise) and simple sugars (yellow), accurately matches the true structure (gray). The animation shows the protein interacting with an antibody, then a sugar. Advancing our knowledge of such immune-system processes helps better understand coronaviruses, including COVID-19, raising possibilities for improved treatments.Google Deepmind In 2020, Google DeepMind unveiled AlphaFold 2, a machine-learning algorithm that in 2022 would prove capable of predicting, with near-experimental accuracy, the structure of nearly every known protein. The breakthrough recently earned co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis and AlphaFold team lead John Jumper a Nobel prize in chemistry. Now there’s a sequel: AlphaFold 3, released in May, predicts how proteins interact with DNA and other molecules. “AlphaFold 2 was a story about proteins,” Jumper says. “AlphaFold 3 is about how proteins talk to everything else.” Many in pharmaceuticals and medicine believe that the new model’s predictions will accelerate research and drive faster drug discovery. Learn More at [Google DeepMind AlphaFold 3](https://deepmind.google/technologies/alphafold/ "undefined") These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Google DeepMind AlphaFold 3: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094933/google-deepmind-alphafold-3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094933/google-deepmind-alphafold-3/"},"headline":"Google DeepMind AlphaFold 3: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:13:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:36.268Z","description":"Find out why Google DeepMind AlphaFold 3 is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094933/google-deepmind-alphafold-3/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86d395fab79c33a2/698a8a471868923df26cd38c/google-deep-mind-best-inventions-loop.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Harry Booth","jobTitle":"Booth is a reporter at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/harry-booth/"}],"creator":"Harry Booth","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86d395fab79c33a2/698a8a471868923df26cd38c/google-deep-mind-best-inventions-loop.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094933/google-deepmind-alphafold-3/","name":"Google DeepMind AlphaFold 3: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```