Studying the folding patterns of protein molecules can help microbiologists better understand cellular processes as well
as some diseases, such as Alzheimer's, that are caused by proteins that have misfolded. The folding of these
complicated molecules can be simulated on computers, but it takes a lot of processor power and time for even
expensive supercomputers to do this.
A group of researchers at Stanford University developed software that can be used to distribute the processing of data to
anyone who is willing to donate time on their idle personal computers. As a result, the researchers have been able to
achieve protein-folding simulations that are far better than those other computing methods have done. Which statement
best describes the work of these researchers?