Volunteers create world's fastest supercomputer to combat coronavirus

Volunteers create world's fastest supercomputer to combat coronavirus

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/15/volunteers-create-worlds-fastest-supercomputer-to-combat-coronavirus

Participants are ‘folding proteins’ on home PCs, a task that could prove instrumental in tackling disease

The world’s fastest supercomputer has been created from volunteers loaning spare time on their home PCs to fold proteins, a scientific task that could prove instrumental in the fight against coronavirus.