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Gaming cures cancer! - Dark Jaguar - 4th August 2010
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/08/gamers-beat-algorithms-for-finding-protein-structures.ars
Yes, the name of this thread is ridiculously out of proportion to the actual facts, but I thought I'd give a whack at this sort of article naming since the general media loves to do it so much.
Basically, human brains and their pattern recognition make for better tools in certain cases of protein folding than their simulations do, and so they turned protein folding into a video game. I want to download it now.
Gaming cures cancer! - Weltall - 4th August 2010
I'll wait for the patch.
Gaming cures cancer! - Dark Jaguar - 4th August 2010
Haha, what?
Gaming cures cancer! - lazyfatbum - 5th August 2010
DNAture Discovery Presents -- Human Laundry: Protein folding exclusive to Wii.
DNAture Discovery Presents -- Human Laundry: Separate your colors from your whites exclusive to DSi.
*20 years of court battles*