Published in Forbes on October 13, 2011. Read the article here or below. This Saturday afternoon, 100,000 Peruvian schoolchildren will collectively attempt to break a world record previously held by Bangladesh. In 25 regions of the country, in large cities and small towns alike, they will line up in their school courtyards and wait for a signal. [...]
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One point for crowdsourcing: Gamers solve protein structure of AIDS-like protein
Posted in Public health, Published articles, tagged Foldit, Forbes, Gamification, Gaming, HIV/AIDS on October 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Published in Forbes on September 28, 2011. Read here or below. A small group of enthusiastic gamers on a site called Foldit recently solved the structure of a protein found in an AIDS-like monkey virus. The structure had stumped scientists for over a decade; the gamers, incredibly, cracked it in less than three weeks. Despite using advanced crystallography technology, [...]
