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A new piece of the climate puzzle
What role do clouds and particles play in global warming? That is what an instrument developed in the Netherlands, SPEXone, on board a new NASA climate satellite, is exploring. The data collected by SPEXone will be processed and stored at SURF and made available to the scientific community.
Fighting cervical cancer with supercomputing
According to Finnish research, vaccination against human papillomavirus HPV can provide herd immunity. The team uses High-performance computing provided by CSC, the NREN of Finland.
Increasing Ireland’s electric grid resilience
A study involving HEAnet finds that it will be possible to monitor the utility grid without satellite-based time data, thereby increasing resilience significantly.
Technology and tenacity in the Himalayas
A team of network engineers from the Nepal Research and Education Network and researchers from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development based in Kathmandu, Nepal have built a sensor network using wireless technologies to monitor high altitude climate change.
Heavy rains in southern Brazil affect academic activities
Universities played an important role in recovery efforts, with the support of the Brazilian National Education and Research Network (RNP).
Citizens help monitor disease outbreaks in Kenya
Web platforms and mobile applications allow Kenyan citizens to report health symptoms, enabling national research and education network KENET and partners to spot disease outbreaks.
Supercomputer maps Roman empire trade
Researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, analyse archaeological data to recreate ancient trading strategies with the help of high-performance computing
Stronger disaster response for the Philippines
Mitigation of the effects of natural disasters and major accidents will be supported by a collaboration with the European Union Earth observation program, Copernicus.
Efficient data transfer boosts genomic research for Australian laboratory
Genetics technical specialists at the Biomolecular Resource Facility are using the Globus data movement service through AARNet to share huge datasets with national and international collaborators.
South Africa: lean design for digital libraries
A minimalistic approach to repository architecture provides a solution for universities that reduces costly dependencies, particularly network and storage.
(AC)³ project brings together data sources to better understand the arctic
The project brings together climate scientists, oceanographers, atmospheric scientists, information technology specialists, and others to understand the main factors driving climate changes.
New baseline for Brazil’s biodiversity
The Brazilian Biodiversity Information System has lifted the nation’s monitoring of fauna and flora to a new level.