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There are several projects around the world that are trying to cure a number of serious diseases, including HIV, Malaria, Cancer, and Alzheimer's.

One of these projects is called Rosetta@home, but they have a problem. They need massive amounts of computer processing power (more than you can get from the most powerful supercomputers). You can help by downloading a small program that runs their program when your computer isn't busy.

If you would like to join in then all you need to do is go to the Boinc website (Boinc is the name of the software package), download the program and run it.

There are lots of different projects you can donate computer time to, but Rosetta@home is my favourite.

When the program asks you for a project, the one you need is http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta.

Once you've done that you can have a look at your account settings and join the boinc@egglescliffe team - we get points for every computer hour donated.

In case you get stuck, here's a short video to show you how to attach to the Rosetta project and join the Boinc@egglescliffe team:

(apologies for the poor video quality - I wouldn't recommend using ScreenRecord for the Mac based on today's experiences)

EDIT: You can join more than one project at a time - find a list at the Boinc website