In 2008, University of Washington scientists released the game Foldit, hoping a sort of critical mass of gamers would mess around with proteins and, in the process, uncover some of their intrigue. (We ...

SEATTLE — Researchers at the University of Washington that players of a computer game are making headway in finding a potential treatment for the coronavirus. It’s a free computer game called FoldIt.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) last week (March 31) recommended playing video games as a healthy way of physical distancing while maintaining social connection in the midst of the coronavirus ...

Who would have thought a video game could identify potential treatments for COVID-19? Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design certainly thought so, and so far the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. You don’t need to be. An image from Foldit. The coronavirus spike is shown (in grey) binding to the human receptor protein (in ...

The best thing most of us can do to fight COVID-19 is stay home, to curb the respiratory disease's spread. But anyone with a computer can pitch in more actively too: by helping scientists design drugs ...

Coronavirus, which the World Health Organization has now officially labeled a pandemic, is taking a toll on communities around the world. There’s currently no cure for COVID-19, but scientists are ...

A game about folding proteins gives citizen scientists the chance to help curb the coronavirus outbreak — or at least get the ball rolling. Foldit, as the game is called, now has a puzzle specifically ...

Want to help researchers understand and find a vaccine for the coronavirus? Help them out by playing this video game. Foldit is a free puzzle game that tasks players with folding protein chains to ...

Games have a rather mixed public image, depending on who you ask. While many see it as useless pastimes or even bad influences, some consider these interactive activities as a form of art or medium ...

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