Stall Catchers – The Crowd: our newest weapon in the fight against Alzheimer’s

November 15, 2016

The Crowd: our newest weapon in the fight against Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s research breakthroughs cannot come fast enough, which is why we need approaches that break the rules and find new proactive ways to fight the […]

Wired, on citizen science games

November 5, 2016

Sea Hero Quest game aims to diagnose dementia by testing navigation skills By AMELIA HEATHMAN, 17 November 2016 2.4 million people have downloaded the app created by neuroscientists to help them understand dementia. Hilary Evans, […]

Even You Can Help Build a Quantum Computer

October 13, 2016

Quantum computers hit the headlines every now and again. You will hear about how we are one step closer to building them, although, to most it is unclear what ‘they’ actually are. The development of […]

Play video games, advance science

October 6, 2016

Play video games, advance science Scott Horowitz, University of Michigan and James Bardwell, University of Michigan Computer gaming is now a regular part of life for many people. Beyond just being entertaining, though, it can […]

Five articles about citizen science games on Discover Magazine

October 1, 2016

1. The Computer Game That Could Cure HIV, May 12, 2008 2. Guilt-Free Procrastination: This Online Game Could Cure Genetic Diseases, November 30, 2010 3. Nanocrafter: Playing a Game of Synthetic Biology, February 22, 2015 […]

Games, Science, and Citizen Science: Vito Servedio’s interview on citizenscience.org

September 22, 2016

Games, Science, and Citizen Science: An interview with Vito Servedio, Institute of Complex Systems The Citizen Science Association is re-energizing a series of interviews with citizen scientists and citizen science enthusiasts. This month, Çiğdem Adem […]

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