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Gamers, Bitcoin miners crowdsource virtual supercomputer for COVID-19 study
short by Dharna / on Monday, 23 March, 2020
Online gamers, Bitcoin miners and others are helping crowdsource a virtual supercomputer to accelerate coronavirus research. The "Folding@home" project relies on the collective power of volunteers' home computers to perform complex calculations required to simulate COVID-19 protein dynamics. Understanding the various shapes the spike protein can take can help researchers develop drugs to block it.
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