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18 December 2013

Handling astronomical data from the world's largest telescope
Square Kilometre Array to answer big questions with big data

Once fully operational, the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope could produce data at a rate more than 100 times greater than current global internet traffic. Successful handling of this unparalleled data deluge will be key to the project's ability to find answers to some of the most complex puzzles in astronomy.

Charles Harvey
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Throwing a lifeline to scientists drowning in data

Sophisticated sensors and supercomputers are generating bigger and more complex scientific datasets than ever before. New computational techniques developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in California, US, may help save scientists from drowning in their own data. Read about the new topological technique that helps scientists search large data sets.

Linda Vu
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Smartphones bring eye care to developing countries

Visual impairments afflict an estimated 285 million people worldwide. About 90% of those sufferers live in developing countries, where optometrists are few and far between. Read about a new prototype clip-on eyepiece, designed to work with a smartphone and provide prescription data for an array of vision problems.

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