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The BOINC and Science United projects are located at the University of California, Berkeley and are supported by the National Science Foundation.

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[SRBase] scheduled downtime and new subproject

During the period of May 20-22, due to work being performed in the server room.

The new subproject LL-dc is another GPU project.

Tests will follow shortly, once all server setups are complete.

View article · Mon, 18 May 2026 17:04:58 +0000

[YAFU] Aliquot sequence 3642420 has terminated!!!

View article · Mon, 18 May 2026 16:16:45 +0000

[NFS@home] BOINC Pentathlon

Another year, another BOINC Pentathlon. Once again, welcome back! NFS@Home has been chosen for the Sprint discipline starting May 16 at midnight UTC. Good luck to all! (Including the server!)

View article · Fri, 15 May 2026 16:53:18 +0000

[SRBase] base S45 Megaprime

Sightus@CAU, a member of the team Planet 3DNow! found a megaprime for base S45.
The prime 34864*45^679202+1 has 1.122.870 digits digits and entered the T5k PrimePages.

View article · Sat, 9 May 2026 12:21:24 +0000

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BOINC client 8.2.11 released
Version 8.2.11 of the BOINC client has been released for all platforms. Download it here. Release notes are here.
30 Apr 2026, 7:43:26 UTC · Discuss

Fresco: a modern BOINC Manager alternative
A new add-on is available: Fresco, a full-featured cross-platform BOINC GUI. Check it out here.
11 Apr 2026, 20:25:30 UTC · Discuss

BOINC client 8.2.9 released
Version 8.2.9 of the BOINC client has been released for all platforms. Download it here. Release notes are here.
25 Mar 2026, 4:06:28 UTC · Discuss

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