Astronomy/Physics/Chemistry,

Biology and Medicine &

Mathematics and strategy games

Einstein@Home is a program that uses your computer's idle time to search for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars) using data from the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors.

The granddaddy of distributed computing (and still one of the most popular) - I discovered back in 2000 while searching for screensavers. Carl Sagan was a force behind this study. "SETI@home is a scientific experiment in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)."

"The goal of Cosmology@Home is to search for the model that best describes our Universe and to find the range of models that agree with the available astronomical and particle physics data. In order to achieve this goal, participants in Cosmology@Home will compute the observable predictions of millions of theoretical models with different parameter combinations."

"Galaxies are ever evolving systems that can provide insight into how the universe came to be what it is now. In 1994 Rodrigo Ibata discovered that the Milkyway was currently merging with another galaxy: the Sagittarius (Sgr) Dwarf Ellipsoidal Galaxy. Due to its relative small size compared to the Milkyway, the Sgr dwarf is being tidally disrupted - being ripped apart and drawn out into long tidal streams. This tidal debris gives us a unique insight into our Galaxy."

"We live in a world full of molecules: Molecules constitute our bodies and reactions between molecules are the essential phenomena behind all life processes.
We breath, eat and wear molecules every day."

"With your participation you actively support the research of nano-magnetic molecules. In the future these molecules will be used in the local tumor chemotherapy and to develop tiny memory-modules."

"Rosetta@home needs your help (by running the program on your computer while you don't need it) to determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases (such as HIV, Malaria, Cancer, and Alzheimer's)."

Articles and article summary links pertaining to
SETI@Home, Einstein@Home, LHC@home, Spinhenge@home and others.
On Topic Discussion Encouraged. Off topic discussions will be moved.

Articles and article summary links as they apply to the various projects Charlies Web is involved with including Folding@Home, Predictor@Home and Rosetta@home and others.

In the 70's, Time magazine proclaimed "God Is Dead" and warned about the coming Ice Age. Today Global Warming is in the news almost daily

All other articles not related to the three main science article topics.
Please stay on topic with these discussions.

We are pleased to announce that this experiment and the documentaries 'Meltdown' and 'Climate Change: Britain Under Threat' associated with the experiment have been nominated for an award in the Interactivity category of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.

... is a distributed computing system used for large-scale nanotech systems simulation and analysis that draws its computing power from otherwise idle computers sitting in people's homes.