Folding at Home
From Applepedia
| Folding @ Home | |
|---|---|
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| Min/Max OS Support | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| License | Free |
| Category | Distributed Computing |
| Installer | No |
| PowerPC Traitor | {{{universal}}} |
| Website | Folding @ Home |
Folding @ Home is a mutli-platform distributed computing project that uses your computer cycles when you're not. It uses these cycles to help calculate something, in F@H's case, protiens.
Why proteins?
From the site:
- Proteins are biology's workhorses -- its "nanomachines." Before proteins can carry out their biochemical function, they remarkably assemble themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, remains a mystery. Moreover, perhaps not surprisingly, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious effects, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, and Parkinson's disease.
The Goons from SomethingAwful have banded together in a folding team to help fold protein. If you'd like to join, you can download one of the various OS X clients and get cracking. Use your SA name, if applicable, and team number 150 for the SAGoons team.
