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The disease tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about disease causes, prevention, and research. Topics include water purification devices that help eradicate disease, mycotoxin poisoning from spoiled sweet potatoes affecting cattle, and investigations ruling out disease as a cause of mass animal deaths. The tag also features distributed computing projects like Folding@Home, which uses spare CPU/GPU power to study protein folding and cure diseases. These threads highlight scientific and technological approaches to understanding and combating diseases in humans and animals.
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Portable solar device creates potable water
(PhysOrg.com) -- By harnessing the power of the sun, a Monash University graduate has designed a simple, sustainable and affordable water-purification device, which has the potential to help eradicate disease and save lives. Link Removed - Invalid URL The Solarball, developed as Mr...- cybercore
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Mystery of 200 Dead Cows in Wisconsin Solved
Mystery of 200 Dead Cows in Wisconsin Solved Authorities investigating the deaths of 200 cows in Wisconsin have come up with an unlikely culprit: the sweet potato. The cows were found dead in a Stockton pasture two weeks ago. Locals were left scratching their heads about what caused the...- cybercore
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Scientists Say 'Blunt Force Trauma' Killed Arkansas Blackbirds
Scientists Say 'Blunt Force Trauma' Killed Arkansas Blackbirds Scientists investigating the death of thousands of blackbirds in Arkansas say they've identified the cause of death: blunt force trauma. Locals in Beebe, Ark., were mystified when as many as 5,000 red-winged blackbirds...- cybercore
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Join the Discussion: How Folding@Home Uses Spare CPU/GPU Power to Fight Diseases
So does anyone on the site use Folding@Home? In case you do not know, Folding@Home is a way to use your extra CPU/GPU cycles to help solve protein folding to cure diseases. Now that the human genome has been mapped, scientists are trying to figure out how and why proteins fold - and misfold, in...- Mike
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- Forum: General Computing