▁perform ▁calculations ▁on ▁individual ▁work un its . ▁Comple ted ▁results ▁are ▁sent ▁to ▁a ▁central ▁project ▁server ▁where ▁they ▁are ▁valid ated ▁and ▁assim il ated ▁into ▁project ▁databases . ▁ ▁The ▁project ▁is ▁cross - platform , ▁and ▁runs ▁on ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁hardware ▁configurations . ▁ ▁Users ▁can ▁view ▁the ▁progress ▁of ▁their ▁individual ▁protein ▁structure ▁prediction ▁on ▁the ▁Ros etta @ home ▁screens aver . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁disease - related ▁research , ▁the ▁Ros etta @ home ▁network ▁serves ▁as ▁a ▁testing ▁framework ▁for ▁new ▁methods ▁in ▁struct ural ▁bio in format ics . ▁ ▁Such ▁methods ▁are ▁then ▁used ▁in ▁other ▁Ros etta - based ▁applications , ▁like ▁Ros etta D ock ▁or ▁the ▁Human ▁Prote ome ▁F old ing ▁Project ▁and ▁the ▁Micro bi ome ▁Im m unity ▁Project , ▁after ▁being ▁sufficiently ▁developed ▁and ▁proven ▁stable ▁on ▁Ros etta @ home ' s ▁large ▁and ▁diverse ▁set ▁of ▁volunte er ▁computers . ▁ ▁Two ▁especially ▁important ▁tests ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁methods ▁developed ▁in ▁Ros etta @ home ▁are ▁the ▁Crit ical ▁Ass ess ment ▁of ▁Te chni ques ▁for ▁Prote in ▁Str ucture ▁Pred iction ▁( C AS P ) ▁and ▁Crit ical ▁Ass ess ment ▁of ▁Pred iction ▁of ▁Inter actions ▁( C AP RI ) ▁experiments , ▁bien n ial ▁experiments ▁which ▁evaluate ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁art ▁in ▁protein ▁structure ▁prediction ▁and ▁protein – prote in ▁dock ing ▁prediction , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁Ros etta @ home ▁consist ently ▁ranks