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Gordon, a unique data-intensive supercomputer using flash-based memory that will enter production in January at the University of California, San Diego, made its debut as the 48th fastest supercomputer in the world.
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Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas are developing an anti-icing system that could make airport runways safer and less expensive to maintain during winter months.
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Illustrators at the University of Chicago bring the prehistoric world to life for scientists and the public alike
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is now supporting scientific research at unprecedented bandwidth speeds – at least ten times faster than commercial Internet providers.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards.
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A national panel led by Iowa State University engineers is launching an effort to research and develop technologies that capture, use and sequester carbon while enhancing food production, ecosystems, economic development and national security.
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An initiative called the Earth Microbiome Project, led by Jack Gilbert at Argonne National Laboratory and including scientists all over the world, is tackling the massive task of cataloguing the DNA of all those microbes.
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Critical genetic secrets of a bacterium that holds potential for removing toxic and radioactive waste from the environment have been revealed in a study by researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
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A partnership between Pall Corporation, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center will provide WPI's Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center (BETC) with equipment and control systems.
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Waters Corporation (NYSE-WAT), along with Mars Incorporated and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), jointly pledged $1 million to create the first ever Global Food Safety Capacity Building fund.
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Research by Los Alamos scientists published today (Nov. 9) in the journal Nature documents significant progress in understanding the phenomenon of quantum-dot blinking.
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Asking a scientist to take part in research that has little budget, less infrastructure and almost no central bureaucracy would appear a lost cause. However, one group does just that.
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