Related to the article I sent before, here's a game where you can
actually play and aid science:
http://fold.it/portal/adobe_main/ From the website:
What other good stuff am I contributing to by playing?
Proteins are found in all living things, including plants. Certain types
of plants are grown and converted to biofuel, but the conversion process
is not as fast and efficient as it could be. A critical step in turning
plants into fuel is breaking down the plant material, which is currently
done by microbial enzymes (proteins) called "cellulases". Perhaps we can
find new proteins to do it better.
Can humans really help computers fold proteins?
We?re collecting data to find out if humans' pattern-recognition and
puzzle-solving abilities make them more efficient than existing computer
programs at pattern-folding tasks. If this turns out to be true, we can
then teach human strategies to computers and fold proteins faster than ever!
Cheers,
G?nther
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