FIGHT CANCER USING YOUR PHONE

Android users can donate some of their phone’s spare processing power in the fight against childhood cancers. The new crowdsourcing project, run by IBM’S World Community Grid ( www.worldcommunitygrid.org), will perform complex calculations to work out which chemical compounds best fight the disease. To take part, sign up at www.snipca.com/23749 and download the app. It only runs when your phone is 90-per-cent charged and connected to Wi-fi.