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Carl Craft

Carl Craft

Carl Craft

Anyone With A Computer Can Help Find A Cure

Author Carl Craft
HILDEN, GERMANY - MARCH 11: An employee of German biotech company Qiagen demonstrates the use of the Qiagen QIAstat-Dx testing device for infectious diseases at the Qiagen plant on March 11, 2020 in Hilden, Germany. Qiagen has modified the device for testing fluid samples for coronavirus infection and Qiagen is seeking to deliver it to hospitals, clinics and doctors across Europe. Germany has registered approximately 1,200 cases of coronavirus infection and recently reported its first two deaths. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images)

You don’t even need to leave your home to do it.

Dateline, the internet.

To find treatments for Covid-19, scientists need a ton of computing power to simulate how various proteins interact.

The scientists don’t really know what combinations of proteins might kill the Covid-19 virus, there’s a lot of different combinations to test out.

So the website FoldingAtHome.org has been asking people to download software that lets your computer run simulations when you’re not using it.  That’s right:  Your computer can help solve the mystery of the Coronavirus.

Each simulation you run is like buying a lottery ticket. The more tickets we buy, the better our chances of hitting the jackpot.

Over 400,000 people have already signed up.  And the raw computing power combined is already close to three times faster than the world’s fastest supercomputer.

If you have a computer that’s just sitting around, barely being used… consider helping out!

Click here for more information.

When Carl is not working at the greatest rock radio station known to mankind; a station known around the globe; a station that has the best music, co-workers, advertisers and most importantly THE BEST F'N LISTENERS you may find me doing any one of the following: Riding or making mountain bike trails. playing with his kids. playing sand volleyball on 5th Ave, cooking amazing food, including on his sweet smoker grill, going to concerts, swimming in the ocean, going to amusement parks with his kids, and other stuff that rocks!

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