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Anthrax Computing Robert Siegel talks with Graham Richards, chemistry department chairman at Oxford University, about research under way to find cure for anthrax. Richards is leading the effort. He wants to get at least 160,000 computer users to download specialized screensaver software, which will help his team scan 3.5 billion molecular compounds for the project. He hopes his team will find a compound which will prevent the anthrax virus from forming the deadly toxin which kills people. (4:30) See http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/anthrax (Note: access to this Web page may be difficult due to heavy tra

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Robert Siegel talks with Graham Richards, chemistry department chairman at Oxford University, about research under way to find cure for anthrax. Richards is leading the effort. He wants to get at least 160,000 computer users to download specialized screensaver software, which will help his team scan 3.5 billion molecular compounds for the project. He hopes his team will find a compound which will prevent the anthrax virus from forming the deadly toxin which kills people. (4:30) See http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/anthrax (Note: access to this Web page may be difficult due to heavy tra