Thursday, 27 September 2012

Foldit: multiplayer online science game

Online gaming meets the laboratory in Foldit, a virtual way to solve real-world biomedical puzzles.

Last year, two teams of gamers co-authored a paper describing an HIV-related protein that had long stumped scientists. Not only did they puzzle out the protein?s elusive shape, but they did it in just three weeks. Their scientific method: play a multiplayer online game called Foldit.

Read more in PM?s October 2012 issue ? on sale on 24 September.

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.co.za/science/foldit-multiplayer-online-science-game/

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