When we talk about research on new diseases, especially at this time, we talk about computers a lot. Why? Because with their power they can help scientists to performs calculations and uses to support research. Today, the folding @ home project is adding coronavirus research to its goals.
What is a wrap @ home?
Foldeing @ home i distributed computer project which allows you to use personal computer resources to perform protein binding measurements. In other words, each participating computer becomes part of a computer network which, in its own right, has great potential. This potency is intended to analyze how proteins reach three dimensions, on which their biological function depends.
It's a project done here Stamford University and is currently the largest computer project distributed in the world according to Guiness records.
It's as simple as installing an app
Accurate predictions of how proteins are synthesized allow the scientific community to better understand disease development. Today those responsible for the project announced the introduction of coronavirus in its targets investigation. They do this with the following conditions:
We need your help! Folding @ home joins researchers around the world working to better understand Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) to accelerate scientific efforts to develop life-saving treatments. By downloading Folding @ Home you can donate your obsolete computer resources Folder @ home Consortium, where researchers are working to advance our understanding of the potential drug formulations for 2019-nCoV that may aid in the development of new therapies. The information we help to produce will be distributed quickly and openly as part of an open scientific partnership with many laboratories around the world, which will give researchers new tools that can open new possibilities for developing life-saving medicines.
The active connector of the app, which may seem outdated, allows us to choose whether we want it to work fully or only while our Mac is at rest. We can decide again how much processor to assign to the application. By default, the priority is set, which we can pause at any time if we need the full power of our Mac for us.
If we want to install a project on our computer we can download the app from the official website.
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