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A key FAH server is down right now and stats updates have been suspended until it is back up.  As always, stats are kept on the Work Servers (WS's) so…

We’ve updated Core 17 with OpenMM 5.1, so checkout the release video for more info:   A live Q&A is available on reddit. Some of the key highlights are:-Up to 120,000…

Today, we have a guest blog post by  Vickie Curtis, a research student in the UK’s Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology.  She’s working with the Folding@home team…

We have been aggressively working on OpenMM (the key code used in the FAH GPU cores), creating new algorithms to increase performance on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.  The results have…

Guest post from Dr. Greg Bowman, UC Berkeley Prof. Vince Voelz’s lab has published an exciting paper on their recent successes with predicting the structures of protein-like molecules called peptoids…

The Quick Return Bonus (QRB) gives more points when WUs are completed quickly.  This helps keep the points in line with the science.  Now with the GPU core maturing, our…

We often have to make difficult decisions on what hardware to support in the future, including adding new platforms or removing existing ones.  Removing existing platforms always leads to a…

Guest post from Dr. Gregory Bowman, University of California, Berkeley One objective of the Folding@home project is to provide insight into general protein folding mechanisms that hold across a variety…

Today, we have a guest post by Team MaximumPC.  Two new work unit servers have been funded by the Folding@home (FAH) community in memory of Gordon T. Smitheman and his…

As also announced on OpenMM/Folding@home programmer Yutong "proteneer" Zhao's web site, we are happy to announce that Folding@Home Core 17 has entered Beta. Externally, you probably won’t notice too much…