Visions

July Update: OpenPandemics - COVID-19
Jul 29, 2021 - The research team continues their data analysis, and lab testing is ongoing for potential COVID-19 treatments.

July Update: Mapping Cancer Markers
Jul 27, 2021 - Looking for a project to support? Mapping Cancer Markers has a large amount of work to be done to help fight a devastating collection of diseases.

July Update: Help Stop TB
Jul 22, 2021 - The researchers are getting ready to analyze their data using new methods.

July Update: Microbiome Immunity Project
Jul 13, 2021 - As we announced last month, the Microbiome Immunity Project's time on World Community Grid is ending, but their data analysis is in full swing. This will be the final monthly update for this project.

Approximately 300 million small molecules run for OpenPandemics - COVID-19 as part of system test
Jul 8, 2021 - The recent stress test run on World Community Grid allowed the researchers to quickly run simulations for 300 million small molecules.

World

Toyota: record profits presage a downhill path

Carmaker boosted by its stockpile of chips but cannot escape supply drought for much longer

AUGUST 4, 2021

Politics

Tencent/Alibaba: reading between the lions after ‘spiritual opium’ slur

Beijing’s game of sectoral whack-a-mole means investors must expect limits on share valuations

AUGUST 3, 2021

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