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Foldit

A puzzle game where the puzzles are real protein-folding problems. Players have co-authored papers in Nature by beating the algorithms.

  • Natural Sciences
  • Medicine & Health
Who can enter
Anyone worldwide. Free; no biology background needed to start
What it costs
A research project run out of the University of Washington. Nothing is sold.
When it closes
We could not confirm this year's date against the organiser's own page, so we are not showing a countdown for it. Last published: Open all year: play the puzzles, free.
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