what is folding?

[anexcreed]

Someone tell me

[Wats]

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/HomePage

[warmon6]

Just quoting my guide from another team.

1. What is Folding@Home (F@H)?

F@H is a distributed computing project that runs on many computers that's provided by people like you to simulated protein folding and misfolding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iVVojA-5ijs

1.1. What the goal of F@H?

The goal of F@H is to figure out why when proteins misfold, they create diseases and cancers, such as Alzheimer's and Huntington's and find a ways to cures them.

More details here on F@H Science Page.

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Science

1.2. How does F@H work?

F@H work by sending packets of data called Work Unit’s too computers that people provide for project.

[Guest Jsande]

If your still interested in folding join the Linus team.

http://linustechtips.com/main/forum/community-portal/folding-home-boinc/4078-linustechtips-folding-team?p=48301#post48301