2020 in review, and happy new year 2021!
TL;DR: During 2020, Folding@home was like the citizens’ fleet in the movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Everyone came together to face a common foe, in this case the…
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SARS-CoV-2 Nsp16 activation mechanism and a cryptic pocket with pan-coronavirus antiviral potential
As we all know, coronaviruses are a major threat to human health. In the past two decades these viruses have caused three epidemics: SARS in 2004, MERS in 2012, and…
Read moreProtein folding and related problems remain unsolved despite AlphaFold’s advance
TL;DR: DeepMind’s AlphaFold marks a tremendous advance in our ability to predict the dominant structure of a protein. How proteins get there, and many other problems related to protein folding,…
Read moreForum Outage
Apologies to all for the unexpected downtime of the forum. An auto-update to the SSL certificate failed to go through and fixing it was delayed by the holidays. We hope…
Read moreUpdating our CPU and GPU counts
It’s always fun to watch the number of CPUs and GPUs running Folding@home! Earlier this year was particularly exciting as we saw explosive growth in Folding@home in response to our…
Read moreNEW FOLDING@HOME SOFTWARE WITH THE OPTION TO PRIORITIZE COVID-19 PROJECTS
In response to popular demand, we have created an update to the Folding@home software that allows you to prioritize COVID-19 projects. We encourage you to upgrade as the new software…
Read moreCAPTURING THE COVID-19 DEMOGORGON (AKA SPIKE) IN ACTION
The spike of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (shown below) is one particularly appealing target for designing therapeutics to combat the COVID-19 disease. It is actually comprised of three identical proteins arranged…
Read moreCoronavirus – What we’re doing and how you can help in simple terms
TL;DR: We’re simulating the dynamics of COVID-19 proteins to hunt for new therapeutic opportunities. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see a list of ways you can help.…
Read moreFolding@home takes up the fight against COVID-19 / 2019-nCoV
We need your help! Folding@home is joining researchers around the world working to better understand the 2019 Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to accelerate the open science effort to develop new life-saving therapies.…
Read moreThanks for a great 2019
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to Folding@home over the past year! We greatly appreciate the computer time, human time, and financial resources you contribute to support our science. With…
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