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Supercomputer Performs Simulation of Virus

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tomatoes-can-sleep-better-at-night dept.

moller writes to tell us Red Herring is reporting that researchers from the University of California at Irvine and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have announced that they created a computer simulation of a virus. From the article: "Using one of the world's fastest computers at the U.S. National Center for Supercomputing Applications, located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the researchers ran a computer program devised to reverse engineer the dynamics of all atoms making up the virus particle and a tiny drop of water containing it." Nature also has an interesting write up on the research surrounding this project.

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  1. ATTENTION EVERYONE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    gaysex

  2. You don't need a supercomputer... by ZeldorBlat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You don't need a supercomputer, just a Windows box.

  3. I can do my own computer virus simulation... by Aardpig · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...I just connect an unpatched Windows machine to the internet, and wait 90 seconds. Cool!

    --
    Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
  4. Can't wait. by Steelwings · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh I want to see Ants next.

  5. New interrogation technique by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Scan a suspect and use medieval torture in a computer simulation to get what you want.

    Does this violates human rights or not?

  6. Neo says by DrXym · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Woah

  7. awesome! by rhesuspieces00 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That means I can play Spore on it!

  8. Any starforce devs here with a link to the game? by beoswulf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can't wait to get my hands on this game (legally). I loved Sim Ant, Sim Earth and the earlier, simpler versions of Sim City and Civ. This will really be a joy to pick up, play and have fun without too much of a learning curve. Sort of what Sid 's people did for the Pirates remake, I hope this game, and Nintendo Revolution lead to a new trend of addictive titles for casual gamers looking to recapture their youth.