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12 December 2012

Where no musician has gone before

In space no one can hear you scream, but you may be able to hear an epic symphony if you listen hard. Software engineer and musician Domenico Vicinanza has created yet another epic melody straight from cutting-edge science. This time, instead of getting inspiration from the subatomic world or the Standard Model, he has sourced data from the farthest human-made object in space: Voyager 1.

Adrian Giordani
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Simulating our black hole’s meal time – in 3D

Is it a cloud, is it a star; well, whatever the object known to astrophysicists as 'G2' is exactly, by the end of 2012 it will start being torn apart by our Milky Way's supermassive black hole.

Adrian Giordani
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Rising above the debate to secure the cloud

As grid and cloud computing evolve, so too will the security surrounding both. Read about current efforts to make these infrastructures more secure environments for research.

Amber Harmon
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Visual
Global aerosol map shows dust in the wind
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Spotlight
A boost for multi-scale modeling of biological systems

To learn more about the integration of biological systems and pathologies, scientists look to multi-scale modeling to bridge the gap between molecular-, cellular-, and tissue-level information. Read about a new opportunity to advance discovery in these areas.

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From the early days of grid computing to the era of ‘big science’

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A decade of iSGTW!

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