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Join the Austin-based cancer computing grid
You want to help cure cancer, don’t you? What else are you doing that’s more important than that today?
Instead, it’s an area of research into why certain cells stick and others break free, such as the moment when cancer cells break free and spread throughout the body.
The research project is headed up by assistant professor Muhammad Zaman (pictured on the right).
Here’s where you come in: the research involves harnessing the power of multiple computers online and having them share their processing power in a passive way. You can download the BOINC program to contribute your computer’s idle processing power to the Cellular Environment in Living Systems @Home project. The program runs in the background like a screensaver and won’t get in the way of any naughty Web browsing or exciting instant messaging you may have planned.
Find out more about Cels@home here and read up on downloading instructions.
I’ve played around with similar projects like the Stanford-based Folding@Home project with the PlayStation 3 and it’s pretty amazing to watch scientific work being done inside your home. Check it out.
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