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Published online 30 March 2007 |
Nature
| doi:10.1038/news070326-15
Corrected online: 2 April 2007
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Computer-game console contributes to science
PlayStation-3 owners chip in to help research projects.
Computer-game consoles most commonly associated with killing aliens may soon be used to actually search for them. At the same time, they could also help to cure Alzheimer's disease, carry out climate predictions and malaria epidemiology, and study gravity waves.
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