I found out about a

I found out about a neat distributed computing project last night by watching my husband surf his favorite home theatre message board site. It combines both biology and computing and it's a good cause, so I thought today I would throw the link out.

The project is called Screensaver Lifesaver and it is run by Oxford University. The idea is to use unused computer cycles all over the world to screen small molecules for their ability to combat cancer. This project is similar to the SETI at home project. The only downside is that the software only works under Windows.