Scientists Turn Co.ro.na.virus Into Music And The Tunes Are Surprisingly Beautiful

As the Co.ro.na.virus has infected more than one million people and took taken the lives of tens of thousands worldwide, you may have seen several pictures of it all over the Internet.

However, have you ever wondered how it sounds like? If you have, here is a piece of good news, scientists have translated the virus’s spike protein into musical tunes and they are absolutely beautiful.

Here is the link to the music recording.

What you hear, the lilting flutes, the chiming bells, and the twanging strings are representations of the virus’s spike-like proteins that help it latch onto cells.

Like other proteins, those of the Co.ro.na.virus are made of o amino acids. To turn them into music, experts at MIT have assigned each amino acid with a note on a musical scale.

That is not all, to represent the state of the protein, stretching out or curling up, the scientists change the duration and volume of the notes. There are also sounds for molecular vibrations.

You might wonder why scientists spend time turning a virus into music. Here is the reason. By making musical tunes from the Co.ro.na.virus, experts will be able to locate sites that antibodies can bind to the virus. They plan to do so by searching for correspondent musical sequences.

The experts said that this method is faster and easier than previous ones, like molecular modeling. They will also compare the sequences to a database of other sonified proteins to find one that can bind to the spike of the Co.ro.na.virus, which can prevent it from infecting a cell.

The decision regarding instruments is entirely up to the researchers. In the particular case of the tunes you have just heard, the main notes are played by the Japanese koto, creating soothing sounds that can calm the minds.

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