BOINC
Compute for Science

  • BOINC lets you help cutting-edge science research using your computer. The BOINC app, running on your computer, downloads scientific computing jobs and runs them invisibly in the background. It's easy and safe.

  • About 30 science projects use BOINC. They investigate diseases, study climate change, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research.

  • The BOINC and Science United projects are located at the University of California, Berkeley and are supported by the National Science Foundation.
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To contribute to science areas (biomedicine, physics, astronomy, and so on) use Science United. Your computer will help current and future projects in those areas.

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Or download BOINC and choose specific projects.

News from BOINC Projects

[YAFU] New YAFU version for Linux

There is now a new YAFU version 211.00 for Linux available.
Please test this version, especially on Linux systems where the previous version failed.

View article · Sat, 23 Dec 2023 12:08:01 +0000


[LHC@home] Seasons greetings

Many thanks to all our volunteers for your contributions to LHC@home over the last year!

Some highlights from CERN during 2023 can be seen in this video.

The LHC@home team wishes you a Merry Christmas, restful holidays and all the best for 2024!

View article · Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:18:09 +0000


[YAFU] Aliquot sequence 2901968 has terminated!!!

Aliquot sequence 2901968 has terminated!!!

View article · Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:58:51 +0000


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News

BOINC-related paper published
A paper about public participation in science (including BOINC) was published in PLOS One.
22 Nov 2023, 21:47:24 UTC · Discuss


Einstein@home launches Zooniverse project
Einstein@home has launched a Zooniverse project called "Pulsar Seekers" to help classify radio pulsar candidates.
13 Nov 2023, 20:48:31 UTC · Discuss


BOINC client 7.24.2 released for Mac
This release fixes problems with the BOINC screensaver on MacOS 14.0 Sonoma. We recommend that you install it if you use that version of MacOS.
30 Oct 2023, 6:19:22 UTC · Discuss


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