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Supporting remote delivery of education in Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the temporary closure of educational institutions in Tunisia in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus.
A collaborative platform in El Salvador in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
Planning for a safe and healthy future in an uncertain environment by joining the best minds and resources.
What does Mars sound like? Turning the red planet’s data into music
Ever wondered what the planets sound like? The Mars Soundscapes project uses sonification to transform data from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, and images from rovers, Curiosity and Opportunity.
Supporting medical examinations in Moldova
RENAM has provided 2 DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) portals and 6 DICOM servers to handle the generation, storage and usage of medical images, which has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nordic boom in distance learning
Education
Knowledge Exchange
Technology
CSC (Finland)
DeIC (Denmark)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
RHnet (Iceland)
SUNET (Sweden)
UNINETT (Norway)
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the number of distance learning users in the Nordic countries has risen dramatically.
Ugandan hospital gets affordable internet, improved network performance
Nsambya, a 375 bed referral hospital in Uganda would still have been paying 5 times more than it is currently paying for internet bandwidth if its management had not taken the smart decision to connect to the Research and Education Network (NREN) of Uganda (RENU).
Boosting the vitality of the Belarusian language
Arts & Culture
Digital Humanities
BASNET (Belarus)
EaPConnect (Europe's Eastern Partnership countries)
Europe
The survival and development of the Belarusian language has been boosted by the work of the Speech Synthesis and Recognition Laboratory at the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Protecting reptiles and amphibians
A new genomics resource has been established to help understand and protect Australia’s unique reptiles and amphibians.
Supporting distance learning with eduMEET in Ukraine
Within the first week eduMEET became a popular tool and is now attracting up to 120 users per day.
Seeking powerful neutrinos off the coast of British Columbia
An Alberta physicist is able is search for high-energy neutrinos in the waters off the coast of Vancouver Island, from his desk in Edmonton, thanks to Canada's National Research and Education Network
Teaching and learning moves online for 11 universities in Somalia during COVID-19
Online teaching and learning in this period of the COVID-19 pandemic would have remained a far-fetched dream for some Somali universities if it were not for the timely intervention of the Somali Research and Education Network.
A new e-learning initiative for Africa
Education
Knowledge Exchange
ASREN (Arab States)
UbuntuNet (East & Southern Africa)
WACREN (West + Central Africa)
Africans of all ages will be able to benefit from access to distance learning following the establishment of the Pan African Virtual and E-University