What do physicists do when they can’t solve a bunch of complicated problems in quantum mechanics? They give the task to gamers. Danish physicists and researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark have developed a new […]
Humans best computers in atom-snatching game By Adrian Cho, Apr 13, 2016 Bring Home Water relies on people’s knack for performing tasks that involve dynamic movement. […] Jacob Sherson, the physicist at Aarhus University in […]
The algorithm drawn from the minds of gamers is doing what supercomputers cannot. It’s a new, incredibly powerful tool for quantum physics. And it’s tucked away inside the brains of video gamers. A team of […]
Abstract Is it unknown how to best design virtual citizen science projects so as to meet the needs of both scientists and volunteers. We present 8 design guidelines that we developed as a result of […]
EteRNA Leads Crowdsourcing Efforts To Help Scientist Better Understand RNA Molecules A game called EteRNA is being used to further research into how RNA folds itself into particular shapes. The game is a way of […]
Designing RNAs that form specific secondary structures is enabling better understanding and control of living systems through RNA-guided silencing, genome editing and protein organization. Little is known, however, about which RNA secondary structures might be […]
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