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The race to understand the human brain

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:56:54 GMT

The Human Brain project made headlines earlier this year as one of two EU flagship projects that won 1 billion euros' worth of funding over the next decade. Nages Sieslack interviews project leader Henry Markram ahead of his keynote speech at this year's ISC'13 event in Leipzig, Germany.

Science is a voyage — but we need to travel faster, says Ian Foster

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:56:54 GMT

One of the highlights of the recent TedxCERN conference was a talk given by Ian Foster, widely known as one of the founders of grid computing. He also spoke to an audience of CERN IT department staff about Globus Online and the challenges of big data.

Bui inspires new fans of distributed computing

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:56:55 GMT

“Computational science is becoming more and more important to the students who know they want to continue with research,” says Peter Bui, assistant professor of computer science at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, US. “Many of them are taking computer science courses because they know they will need some level of programming knowledge and data management skills.”

Bui is passionate about teaching high-throughput computing and is inspiring a new generation of students, from a range of academic disciplines.

Popping bubbles mathematically

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:56:54 GMT

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, US, have mathematically described the stages in the complex formation and disappearance of foamy bubbles. Read about the challenges they faced and the industrial processes their work will impact.

Animation shows Large Hadron Collider data processing

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:56:55 GMT