Computer Idle? Now You Can Donate Its Time to Find a Cure for Major Diseases

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 22:42 in Psychology & Sociology

Not using your computer at the moment? You can now donate your computer's idle time to cutting-edge biomedical research aimed at finding a cure for HIV, Parkinson's, arthritis, and breast cancer. Through the University of Delaware's "Docking@Home" project, which is supported by the National Science Foundation, more than 6,000 volunteers worldwide are donating their computer's idle time to perform scientific calculations that will aid in creating new and improved medicines to thwart major diseases.

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