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Re:Foldit – A game that contributes to protein folding research by jostmey on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @06:07PM (#8817269)
Truly a great idea. Take human beings who would otherwise be wasting time and put their brain power to good use, converting couch potatoes of the world into research scientist. Not only does the lab produce new scientific results, but it brings thousands of strangers into the fold of protein biochemistry.
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Re:Foldit – A game that contributes to protein folding research by dalke on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @10:38PM (#8818158)
Another such, for astronomy, is Galaxy Zoo: http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ .
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Re:Foldit – A game that contributes to protein folding research by iamcreasy on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @12:34AM (#8818371)
Another one is Boinc http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
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