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A new piece of the climate puzzle

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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.

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Fighting cervical cancer with supercomputing

Health & Medicine CSC (Finland)

According to Finnish research, vaccination against human papillomavirus HPV can provide herd immunity. The team uses High-performance computing provided by CSC, the NREN of Finland.

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Increasing Ireland’s electric grid resilience

Cyber Security Energy HEAnet (Ireland)

A study involving HEAnet finds that it will be possible to monitor the utility grid without satellite-based time data, thereby increasing resilience significantly.

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Research & education networks solve real-world problems

National and regional research & education networks traverse our planet, working together to provide ultra high-speed connectivity and tailor-made services that underpin scientific discovery, foster international collaborations and unlock access to education. This blog features fascinating stories from around the world about people and projects empowered by these networks to make a difference.

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Technology and tenacity in the Himalayas

Environment Technology Nren (Nepal)
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

Environment Technology RNP (Brazil)
Universities played an important role in recovery efforts, with the support of the Brazilian National Education and Research Network (RNP).

Citizens help monitor disease outbreaks in Kenya

Community Engagement Health & Medicine Society KENET (Kenya)
Web platforms and mobile applications allow Kenyan citizens to report health symptoms, enabling national research and education network KENET and partners to spot disease outbreaks.

Supercomputer maps Roman empire trade

Archaeology Digital Humanities DeIC (Denmark)
Researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, analyse archaeological data to recreate ancient trading strategies with the help of high-performance computing

Stronger disaster response for the Philippines

Disaster Warning PREGINET (Philippines)
Mitigation of the effects of natural disasters and major accidents will be supported by a collaboration with the European Union Earth observation program, Copernicus.

Efficient data transfer boosts genomic research for Australian laboratory

Other AARNet (Australia)
Genetics technical specialists at the Biomolecular Resource Facility are using the Globus data movement service through AARNet to share huge datasets with national and international collaborators.
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