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InternetNews March 16, 2007 David Needle	Stanford Disease Research Effort Calls On PS3 Users Distributed computing makes the PS3's Cell processor a valuable commodity. The aim is to help support Folding@Home, a research effort trying to unlock the the causes of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosis and many cancers.
InternetNews September 29, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Video Cards Become Scientific Calculators ATI Technologies and researchers at Stanford University have found a way to use the high-powered graphics processing unit on video cards to perform the number crunching needed for a scientific distributed computing project.
Chemistry World July 6, 2007 Michael Gross	Predicting How Proteins Fold Researchers in Italy and the UK have now developed a computational approach that can simulate the folding of membrane proteins in atomic detail.
InternetNews April 5, 2007 Andy Patrizio	PlayStation 3 Users Power on to Cure Disease Sony PlayStation 3 users have been cranking computer power to help Stanford University-sponsored project Folding@Home project achieve its goal: simulating protein misfolding in an attempt to understand disease.
Bio-IT World June 12, 2002 Karen Hopkin	Computational Biologists Join the Fold CASP5 competitors compare the best algorithms for modeling the 3-D structure of proteins -- an exercise that could lead to new insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of disease.
Popular Mechanics August 2007 Joel Johnson	How to Donate Your PC's Downtime to Scientific Research Your computer rarely employs 100 percent of its processing capability, and it uses very little while sitting idle. Distributed computing combines the unused processing-power of multiple Internet-connected computers for scientific number crunching.
Chemistry World September 29, 2010 Hayley Birch	Protein folding: knotted or not A new study may help scientists unravel the complex problem of protein folding. The study suggests knotted proteins, which present a particular challenge to folding experts, could be untied with a couple of well-targeted tugs.
InternetNews June 17, 2010 Andy Patrizio	IBM and Idle PCs Help Find Anti-Cancer Drugs Distributed computing can break up a massive task into manageable chunks in certain situations. Is it right for your company?
Popular Mechanics June 2007 Erik Sofge	PlayStation 3 Set to Save the World, One Disease at a Time Sony recently released software that lets gamers connect their PS3s to Stanford University's Folding@Home program, which borrows processing power from thousands of PCs to create protein-folding simulations.
Bio-IT World June 2006 Kevin Davies	David Shaw: No Hedging on Future of Computer Simulations The computational scientist who founded the world's largest alternative investment firm says he is two years away from building a new breed of computer that could be a major breakthrough in structural biology -- simulating the process of protein folding and protein-drug interactions.
PC Magazine October 11, 2006 Courtney McCarty	Save the World with Your Screensaver Anybody would like to cure cancer or AIDS or solve the world's most complex problems. With the help of your computer, you can contribute to efforts to solve these enduring puzzles.
Bio-IT World October 10, 2003 Jeffrey Skolnick	Protein Structure Prediction in Drug Discovery Indications are that structure prediction can assist in the automated assignment of proteins to known pathways.
Chemistry World February 7, 2007 Bea Perks	Protein's Non-Natural Alternative Beta peptides are of interest because of what they can tell researchers about protein folding in general. Now, chemical biologists have built what they say is a 'remarkably protein like' structure from beta peptides.
Chemistry World March 4, 2011 Russell Johnson	Tracking the early stages of Alzheimer's disease UK researchers can track the early steps of formation of peptide clumps linked to Alzheimer's disease using the peptide's fluorescent ability. This could help design effective therapies for the disease at an early stage.
Bio-IT World June 12, 2002 Mark D. Uehling	Putting Proteins in Their Place Will a 'periodic table' of proteins help classify the ungainly beasts?
Chemistry World February 2011	Idle cures Taking a coffee break could help find cures for cancer or Aids. Katrina Megget looks at the future of research that harnesses the computing power of the World Community Grid
Bio-IT World August 13, 2002 Salvatore Salamone	Think Blue ... Again: It's in the Genes IBM has big plans for a new petaflop supercomputer -- Blue Gene -- designed primarily for the life sciences.
Chemistry World September 14, 2011 Laura Howes	Aspirin Still Has Some Secrets Left to Give up The overlooked stereoelectric effect in aspirin makes the molecule less polar, which may improve the drug's bioavailability.
Wired July 2001 Oliver Morton	Gene Machine IBM took a dare: Build a supercomputer that predicts the invisible process of protein folding. Spend $100 million, increase processing speed 100-fold, and revolutionize the field. Then convince the biologists it matters...
Chemistry World April 2009 Philip Ball	Column: The crucible Unwinding protein fibrils could give a glimpse of how peptides survived on early Earth
InternetNews September 7, 2004 Clint Boulton	IBM's Blue Gene Breaks New Research Ground The four-rack supercomputer system will map protein structures in the hope of manufacturing more effective drugs for humans.
Chemistry World November 2006 Philip Ball	Opinion: The Crucible Here are some of the latest instalments in the ongoing story of how protein misfolding causes neurodegenerative diseases -- a story that is not solely about developing clinical treatments or preventative medicines, but which goes to the heart of proteins' role as the stuff of life.
Chemistry World October 27, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Synthetic Origami Folds Like Natural Enzymes Researchers have synthesised a large organic molecule that folds up like a small protein, though its backbone is entirely non-biological. The achievement is a step along the path to producing truly synthetic enzymes in the laboratory.
Chemistry World December 21, 2006 Henry Nicholls	Silent SNPs Serve up a Structural Surprise The sequence of amino acids no longer dictates the structure and function of a protein according to a surprising new paper.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 Anders Bylund	Can the PlayStation Save Your Life? A PS3 client for a popular scientific research project triples the plan's computing power over the weekend.
Chemistry World February 27, 2006 Michael Gross	A DNA Switch for RNA Folding Researchers have equipped a large RNA domain with a DNA switch, which they say can fold or unfold the RNA molecule at will.
PC World May 2, 2001 Kevin McKean	Give Your Unused Cycles to Science Say so long to screen savers and use your CPU's idle power for some worthwhile work...
Chemistry World October 27, 2014 Tim Wogan	Folding rules used to build unnatural proteins Scientists in the UK and US have designed and synthesized unnatural protein structures, using theoretical calculations to explore the factors affecting protein folding and stability.
Chemistry World June 6, 2010 Philip Ball	Blood-like liquid protein formed A liquid form of the oxygen-binding protein myoglobin retains its biological function even though it seems virtually water-free, researchers have found.
Chemistry World March 23, 2012 Michael Gross	Molecular chaperones caught on film Researchers have combined thousands of snapshots of the barrel-shaped protein GroEL to create a series of films that follow its movement and binding events.
Chemistry World April 29, 2013 Caryl Richards	Protein origami sets scene for designer structures A world first in the art of protein origami has been attained with a novel method of folding a polypeptide chain into a three-dimensional tetrahedron.
Chemistry World May 9, 2007 James Mitchell Crow	Controlling prion folding US scientists report that prions, infamously linked to mad cow disease, have crucial subsections that control their behavior, including whether or not they can cross between species.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2005 Jack Uldrich	IBM: Outcomputing Its Competitors IBM's new 91-teraflop supercomputer, Watson Blue Gene, could give Big Blue an edge over the competition in the life science, IT, and materials science sectors.
Chemistry World February 2012	Column: The crucible To understand the chemical choreography of the cell, we must acknowledge the bustling biomolecular ballroom in which it takes place, says Philip Ball
Chemistry World April 28, 2011 Laura Howes	Polymer collapses in a flash Researchers in the Netherlands have created a polymer that folds up like a protein on exposure to light.
PC Magazine January 18, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	The Biggest Grid Yet The World Community Grid seeks to link 10 million or more volunteer computers together through freely downloadable peer-to-peer networking software.
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Michele Solis	Right Before Your Eyes Coupling protein sequence to function, thousands of variants at a time.
InternetNews December 7, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Got Some Spare CPU Cycles? Sell Them New distributed computing project lets you put your idle PC to work. It just needs customers.
Chemistry World June 1, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Protein architecture with atomic precision Researchers have made a key breakthrough in designing and building geometrically defined nanostructures from proteins with unprecedented accuracy.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2006	Thoughtleader: Making Things Stick Ambrx has created the "glue" that allows researchers to attach activity-enhancing molecules to amino acids where they couldn't before.
Wired John Bohannon	Gamers Unravel the Secret Life of Protein A look at the protein chemistry world's biennial World Series, a competition to see who can predict the shape a protein will fold into, knowing nothing more than the sequence of its constituent parts.
Chemistry World December 12, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Zwitterion approach to stabilizing drug proteins Researchers in the US have discovered a new way to stabilize and protect protein molecules without affecting the protein's biological activity.
Technology Research News March 24, 2004	DNA has nano building in hand Researchers from Ludwig Maximilians University in Germany have built a simple molecular machine from DNA that can bind to and release single molecules of a specific type of protein.
Food Processing February 2013 Claudia O'Donnell	Understanding Protein as A Functional Ingredient Ingredient technology advances are providing a growing array of uniquely functional proteins.
Prepared Foods February 2008 Sharon Book	Article: Protein Ingredients for Health and Texture A variety of soy, dairy and egg proteins are available for the food formulator to obtain the desired texture in a food or beverage.
Chemistry World October 24, 2008 Hayley Birch	Proteins swap partners UK researchers have discovered that proteins which use metal cofactors can be surprisingly promiscuous metal binders, happily taking up the 'wrong' metal.
Technology Research News January 1, 2003 Eric Smalley	Altered protein orders metal bits Researchers from NASA, the SETI Institute and Argonne National Laboratory have genetically modified a bacteria that lives in geothermal hot springs in order to make a microscopic scaffolding that produces a high-tech material.
Food Processing February 2007 Mark Anthony	2007: The Year of Protein Awareness While Americans are not protein-deficient, the nutrient's roles in food and health are becoming more appreciated, and its connection to satiety is skyrocketing.
Chemistry World June 2009 Michael Gross	Bubble-wrapped frogs Tropical frogs create remarkable protein foams to protect their spawn. Exploration of the underlying chemistry has only just begun
Bio-IT World September 11, 2003 Mark D. Uehling	Fishing Chips The next generation of protein microarrays from the likes of Protometrix and Molecular Staging may threaten the early leads of Biacore and Ciphergen -- and work so well that drug companies won't want them.