Technology
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.
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).
A superconductive platform for quantum computing
A Japanese research consortium involving NICT and partners has developed a 64-qubit quantum computer based on superconductivity.
Boosting connectivity to support international partnerships for Moroccan scientists
This development facilitates increased traffic to various global research and education networks and is part of the EU-funded AfricaConnect3 initiative.
How supercomputing is speeding up fire engineering
Fire simulations are highly complex. Using the supercomputer LUMI, operated by the Finnish research and education network CSC, Ramboll Finland managed to speed up the process significantly.
Patagonia Project connects southern tip of continent with R&E Networks
This initiative aims to transform the Southern Macrozone region of Chile into a hub for global development and research.
Breakthrough in detection of photons
Observation of processes inside live cells, optical communication in deep space, and quantum computers are examples of applications which will benefit from a new Japanese technological achievement.
A new record set for the transmission of academic data
Data transfer reached 6 Tb/s at the Supercomputing SC23 event in the United States.
Collaboration strengthens Australia’s geodetic capabilities
Position, navigation and timing services rely on geodetic data, such as how fast the Earth is spinning and the tilt of its axis, collected from observatories around the globe.
South Africa: coping during power outages
How an NREN is intensifying its efforts to mitigate the consequences of scheduled, rolling electricity outages for its connected institutions.
Extending the reach of eduroam to more airports: Bangladesh and South Africa
eduroam - the free Wi-Fi roaming service for the international research and education community - is available at more than 30 airports around the globe, with deployments at airports in Bangladesh and South Africa among the latest.