World Community Grid has added another sub-project -
Computing for Clean Water.
The quick and dirty from that link:
Computing for Clean Water is to provide deeper insight on the molecular scale into the origins of the efficient flow of water through a novel class of filter materials. This insight will in turn guide future development of low-cost and more efficient water filters. ..... in 2005 experiments showed that such arrays of nanotubes allow water to flow at much higher rates than expected. This surprising result has spurred many scientists to invest considerable effort in studying the underlying processes that facilitate water flow in nanotubes. This project uses large-scale molecular dynamics calculations - where the motions of individual water molecules through the nanotubes are simulated - in order to get a deeper understanding of the mechanism of water flow in the nanotubes.
Here's the project's website at
Tsinghua University in China. Site is a mix of English and Chinese.
A different type of beverage for a holiday weekend...
