For over a year now I've been using my free CPU time to help to find cures for diseases. Stanford University is studying protein folding and misfolding. (Don't ask me what it is -0 the link below explains it.)
Using Distributed Computing, data can be processed on multiple computers over the internet. The Folding@home project uses thousands of volunteers (actually their stats show over one million 'donators')to process data which would otherwise require supercomputers.
The 'folding' program running on my computer runs in the background using free CPU cycles when I'm not doing anything else. (Which is often. Just kidding)
Check out their site to see how you can help their research.
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Main
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