Cras wrote:
While it's definitely good-intentioned, I'd inject a note of caution. The only scientific data or opinion backing up the usefulness of folding@home is sponsored by and co-authored by the people who run folding@home. There's no independent data or even opinion stating that it offers any real value to the field of protein folding. So have a good research before pumping up your power bill, folks.
As someone who did biochemistry type things at university, I can't help but have significant doubts about the usefulness of folding at home.