Anti-Anthrax Screensaver
With the help of 1.35 million PC users, an Oxford University team's dsitributed computing project cranked through 3.5 million potential anthrax-treating compounds and came up with 300,000 possible new drugs. "We managed to search the complete dataset in just four weeks instead of years," one of the researchers says. Link DiscussShare this post
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