Play for science!

Another game!

this one is entitled "Fold It!"
You are a scientist helping scientist discover new ways to fold proteins to create new proteins.

NOW quick biology lesson:

Proteins are the workhorses in every cell of every living thing. Your body is made up of trillions of cells, of all different kinds: muscle cells, brain cells, blood cells, and more. Inside those cells, proteins are allowing your body to do what it does: break down food to power your muscles, send signals through your brain that control the body, and transport nutrients through your blood. Proteins come in thousands of different varieties, but they all have a lot in common. For instance, they're made of the same stuff: every protein consists of a long chain of joined-together amino acids.

So in the game your given a protein, which you have to manipulate (With A CLICK of A Mouse) so that there are no "clashes"- which are places in the protein where their 'strings' are too close to one another.

1 Download and play the game http://fold.it/portal/adobe_main/
(look at the top right corner and choose either Mac or Windows)
2 Create A Free Account and play a lot
3 Go to either the 'PLAYERS' tab or the 'PUZZLES' tab and try to beat everyones score!
(this is global by the way!)

GOOD LUCK! ^_^ (i just started so I'm not too far in - but I'll race you!)