My laptop doing Zika research while I walk my dog (or read a book or sleep).

So far the US Congress has failed to pass meaningful legislation to help research and fight the Zika virus. Reading about a political process full of delays and the intentionally poisonous inclusion of non-Zika-related items dealing with confederate flags or cuts to funding for women’s health can be quite frustrating, but guess what? You can take simple steps NOW to help Zika research.

“You can take simple steps NOW to help Zika research.”

Using a technology often referred to as “Volunteer Computing”, “Grid Computing”, or “Distributed Computing” your computer or Android device can assist Zika research while you sleep. (You can also boost research on cancer, AIDS, Ebola, astrophysics, mathematics, neuroscience, and more)

To get started, just install, and register for, World Community Grid and join the Open Zika project. Now you’ll be cranking out Zika research in no time! You can customize when and how hard your computer works on Zika, but after it completes its first calculation, you will have done more than congress to combat this disease!

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