Folding@Home is a goal to understand protien folding, misfolding and related diseases What is protein folding and how is folding linked to disease? Proteins are biology’s workhorses — its nanomachines. Before proteins can carry out these important functions, they assemble themselves, or “fold.” The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all… Continue reading Folding @ Home
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Nashville Meeting
Went to discuss websites and standards with some friends in Nashville Tennessee, hope I spelled that right, anyways we decided to go in style the whole weekend while in town so me and the girls got together and pitched in for a limo for the whole weekend instead of each of us renting cars and… Continue reading Nashville Meeting
Nano Bullets for Ovarian Cancer
Nano Bullets for Ovarian Cancer A nano-sized drug capsule designed to seek-and-destroy malignant cells shows signs of being able to significantly shrink ovarian cancer tumors. The researchers behind the novel drug, Mansoor Amiji at Northeastern University and MIT’s Robert Langer, say the secret is in the packaging: a pH-sensitive nanoparticle that encapsulates the therapeutics, delivering… Continue reading Nano Bullets for Ovarian Cancer
Google Web Tool Kit Blog
GWT developer community news Bret Taylor, Product Manager GWT developers have been energetic in the past few weeks. A few examples: Ryan Dewsbury created GWT-powered gpokr, a cool multiplayer no-limit Texas Hold’Em implementation with real-time chat. Our favorite office time-waster is Mark Roth ‘s GWT Hang Man. Another developer has also started work on a… Continue reading Google Web Tool Kit Blog
Official Google Checkout Blog
Google Checkout and AdWords Gavin Chan, Associate Product Marketing Manager We are seeing a lot of excitement and questions about how Google Checkout works with AdWords, so we thought we would answer some of them here. Here are a few of the more common questions we’re hearing: You will have to click over if your interested… Continue reading Official Google Checkout Blog