NuFold RNA Structure Database: Large-Scale RNA Tertiary Structure Prediction with Confidence Metrics

To bridge the gap between rapid RNA sequence discovery and slow experimental characterization, we present the NuFold RNA Structure Database (https://nufold.kiharalab.org/), a resource providing large-scale…

By Platt, Kagaya, KiharaOct 22, 2026

Score████░░░░░░4.5

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Abstract

Summary: To bridge the gap between rapid RNA sequence discovery and slow experimental characterization, we present the NuFold RNA Structure Database (https://nufold.kiharalab.org/), a resource providing large-scale, precomputed full-atom RNA tertiary structures. By removing the computational barriers associated with running the method locally, this database makes high-accuracy RNA structure models readily accessible to the biological research community for a wide range of applications. Availability and implementation: All predicted structures and corresponding data are available at https://nufold.kiharalab.org/. The source code for the NuFold program is available at https://github.com/kiharalab/NuFold. Supplementary Information: For more insight into resulting statistics gathered for this project, see https://nufold.kiharalab.org/statistics. For more insight into how to utilize the webserver itself, see https://nufold.kiharalab.org/faq and https://nufold.kiharalab.org/tutorial.

D. Platt, Y. Kagaya, D. Kihara

The editor's rubric

Heuristic review

Leverage4 / 5: A general-purpose tool used across several fields (Adam, ResNet, LoRA, next-generation sequencing).; 24% of this desk’s rubric
Magnitude2 / 5: Solid incremental gain on a meaningful problem.; 16% of this desk’s rubric
Evidence3 / 5: Solid: multiple benchmarks or cohorts, ablations, fair baselines, released code or data.; 20% of this desk’s rubric
Novelty3 / 5: A genuinely new approach to an open problem.; 20% of this desk’s rubric
Trajectory3 / 5: A clear path to scale.; 10% of this desk’s rubric
Stakes2 / 5: Benefits a professional community (practitioners, clinicians, engineers).; 10% of this desk’s rubric

Dimension	Level	Weight	What that level means
Leverage	████░ 4	24%	A general-purpose tool used across several fields (Adam, ResNet, LoRA, next-generation sequencing).
Magnitude	██░░░ 2	16%	Solid incremental gain on a meaningful problem.
Evidence	███░░ 3	20%	Solid: multiple benchmarks or cohorts, ablations, fair baselines, released code or data.
Novelty	███░░ 3	20%	A genuinely new approach to an open problem.
Trajectory	███░░ 3	10%	A clear path to scale.
Stakes	██░░░ 2	10%	Benefits a professional community (practitioners, clinicians, engineers).

Editor’s rationale

Heuristic triage from title and abstract text only, not a reading of the paper. Cues found: method (we propose); breadth (wide range); novelty (discovery); verification (experimental validation, code released); scale (scalable).

How the score was computed

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Score████░░░░░░4.5

Score = 10 × (75% × adjusted merit / 10 + 15% × attention + 10% × freshness)

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Merit: 6.0 / 10; Weighted rubric, evidence-gated.
Adjusted merit: 4.8 / 10; Shrunk toward the desk prior by editor confidence (40%).
Attention: 0%; Citations, upvotes, points, mentions.
Freshness: 88%; Half-life decay since publication.

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The record

Reviewed by heuristic-v7 on Oct 23, 2026, 05:48 UTC. Paper type: resource.
Categories: bioinformatics
TOP, No.3 in the Biology edition of October 23, 2026.