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17 August 2011

Rate of Arctic sea ice loss due for a pause

Although Arctic sea ice appears fated to melt away as the climate continues to warm, the ice may temporarily stabilize or somewhat expand at times over the next few decades, new research indicates.

The computer modeling study reinforces previous findings that the level of Arctic sea ice loss cannot be explained by natural causes alone, and that the ice will eventually disappear during summer if climate change continues.

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From sight to insight

In the age of the data deluge, science can only advance with the assistance of apt scientific visualizations.

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A grid cooperative

OurGrid, a peer-to-peer (P2P) grid middleware and a desktop grid service, brings all the computers within a single laboratory or university together for processing tasks.

Adrian Giordani
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History and future of supercomputers
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Inflicting schizophrenia on a computer

Researchers in Texas have made a computer program called DISCERN that creates narratives, such as "I drive to the airport". What they found was that, "if you crank up the learning rate in DISCERN high enough, it produces language abnormalities that suggest schizophrenia."

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