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Supporting the global challenges of the novel coronavirus
Health & Medicine
Technology
AARNet (Australia)
CANARIE (Canada)
GÉANT (Europe)
Internet2 (USA)
Jisc (United Kingdom)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
RedCLARA (Latin America)
RNP (Brazil)
TEIN (Asia Pacific)
The global network of interconnected National Research and Education Networks is boosting international capacity where needed as part of the global rapid response to the recent novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
Connecting students to Saildrone and Berkeley Lab
Thanks to a new agreement between CENIC and the City of Alameda in Northern California, students will get to work with first-of-its-kind data captured from autonomous ocean vehicles studying everything from marine wildlife to climate models.
Safe at Play: Preventing sport-related sudden cardiac death in athletes
Researchers are leveraging the diagnostic power of the data collected from the wearable sensors athletes use to monitor to improve performance.
Stormy weather ahead – in space!
Being able to forecast the weather in space is becoming ever more important. So-called sub-storms caused by fluctuations in the Sun’s activity pose a threat to satellites and could be fatal to astronauts and space tourists.
Better dosages for children sick with cancer
By crunching large data sets, researchers are able to identify a specific genetic cause in one of seven young cancer patients. This allows for prescribing more accurate doses of medicine, avoiding unnecessary side effects
Supporting academic publishing in Ukraine
Knowledge Exchange
Technology
EaPConnect (Europe's Eastern Partnership countries)
Europe
URAN (Ukraine)
The URAN Publishing Service provides academics in Ukraine with the reliable virtual computing infrastructure they need to overcome technical barriers to publishing articles in academic journals online
Closing in on the genetics behind psychiatric diseases
The international iPSYCH project identifies genes related to specific mental illnesses to inspire development of better medicine and earlier diagnosis.
Bringing ancient manuscripts to life
"Tikkoun Sofrim" (Hebrew for “Scribal Correction”) is a joint French-Israeli project to integrate the wisdom of the masses to digitalize ancient manuscripts using Handwritten Text-Recognition.
Supporting more responsible stewardship of marine ecosystems
OTN research has yielded important insights into the often-mysterious migrations of endangered marine animals like leatherback turtles, basking sharks, American eels, and Bluefin tuna, and have generated critical knowledge towards conservation recommendations.
MOREnet’s Immersive Learning Lab: empowering educators with technology
MOREnet's Immersive Learning Lab, the MILL, provides teachers with the training required to effectively implement innovative, hands-on technology-focused learning strategies.
Building a real-time early-warning system for political violence
Large databases, supercomputers and high-speed connections are part of the computational infrastructure to provide forecasts of political conflicts in Africa, and the peaceful university city of Uppsala, Sweden, is at the centre of it all.
Maximizing the value of genomic data through secure transnational sharing
The European “1+ Million Genomes” initiative aims at linking genomic databases across borders. But there is a challenge: You must do it do it without compromising data security.