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Smithsonian scientists help lead effort to 'barcode' world's species

This month, scientists are gathering in Taiwan for the Second International Barcode of Life Conference (Sept. 17-21). They will discuss potential applications…

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University of Southampton Grants Windows Access to National Grid

The Microsoft Institute for High Performance Computing at the University will be providing access to the Microsoft Compute Cluster Service through a Globus…

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China's Eye on the Internet

The researchers are developing an automated tool, called ConceptDoppler, to act as a weather report on changes in Internet censorship in China. ConceptDoppler…

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UK National Grid Service Boosts Data Storage to 192TB

The second phase will see an increase in data storage capacity from the current 46TB to 192TB at the four core sites (the universities of Leeds, Manchester,…

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W3C Connects HTML and Semantic Web for Enhanced Data Sharing

Today, the World Wide Web Consortium completed an important link between Semantic Web and microformats communities. With “Gleaning Resource Descriptions from…

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The use of an ‘average face’ drastically improves facial recognition

Researchers from the University of Glasgow, led by Dr Rob Jenkins and Professor Mike Burton, have developed a new technology that drastically improves the…

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ESA support to NASA Phoenix highlights beneficial Mars cooperation

The deep-space cooperation is just one more example of the two agencies working together to share expertise, rationalise resources and boost the scientific…

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VTT Unveils Touch-Based NFC Services for Mobile Phones

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a gateway that enables the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology in commercial Bluetooth…

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The North’s new nervous system

Last year saw the launch of the cooperative project on “A New Nervous System for the Arctic”, with a budget of NOK 21 million. Kongsberg Maritime, Fugro…

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Unlocking History: BSM Enhances Reading Ancient Manuscripts

The BSM (acronym for “Blurred Shape Model”) has been designed to work with ancient, damaged or difficult to read manuscripts, handwritten scores and…

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SDSC Introduces Custom Supercomputer Reservations for Users

In contrast, the experience of a computational scientist can be anything but fast — waiting hours or days in a queue for a job to run and yield precious…

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CE RFID Project: Key Guidelines and Legal Insights for RFID

RFID is considered to become a key technology in future IT systems. However, many potential users are facing basic questions: Are there any guidelines for the…

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Enhancing Digital Forensics to Combat High-Tech Crime

This has led to an increasing demand from law-enforcement agencies for digital forensic tools to provide evidence that will trap the criminals involved and…

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36 National Grids Initiatives Boost EGI in Europe

Driven by the needs and requirements of the research community, EGI will constitute a key element of the European Research Area. A dedicated study, the EGI…

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W3C Unveils Open Standard for Web Services Policies

Today, the World Wide Web Consortium issued a critical Web standard for extending the features of Web services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)…

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Intelligent Decision Technologies: Enhancing Real-Time Choices

Decisions must often be made in real-time under uncertain, stressful conditions that may change rapidly. Synergies between intelligent and information…

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