I've been wondering about this for some time. It's been years since the first massive distributed computing project. We have "searched for signs of extra-terrestrial intelligence", attempted to find ...

A special project to accelerate the hunt for a cure for anthrax by harnessing PCs around the globe using a distributed computing model was unveiled today. In an announcement today, the National ...

Distributed computing is all the rage and some of the scientific projects underway look like they might well enable profound advances. The big question is how do we make it worthwhile for people and ...

The anthrax project comes on the heels of a successful similar effort in cancer research that began last April and still continues. 1 Headed by professor Graham Richards, chairman of chemistry at ...

I think it's just a victim of the times. Spiking electric rates in much of the US, with no wage growth means people have to cut back. Now combine that with obscene GPU costs for replacement hardware ...