Molecular matcher could lead to 3D search engine

Plasma Droid writes: NewScientistTech has a story about a 3D molecular search engine that is a thousand times faster than anything previously developed. The researchers, from Oxford University, developed a lightning fast way to quickly match 3D shapes mathematically. This could not only speed up searches for new drugs, but lead to 3D search engines, for finding objects uploaded to platforms such as Google Earth, they say.