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5 November 2014

Neil deGrasse Tyson challenges science community to set a new trend

Science ambassador and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson mixes science with pop-culture, comedy, politics, and even throws in an appeal for the US to improve its science programs. Throughout, his goal is constant: Mainstream science to engage the next generation of scientific minds.

Amber Harmon
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Working with PRACE: an insider’s perspective

Professor Stephan Roche of the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Spain is one of the early adopters of high-performance computing in Europe’s Graphene Flagship initiative. His latest project has received 22 million core hours from PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe. 

Roche has fifteen years of experience in developing novel algorithms and computational approaches that can be used to investigate quantum transporting in complex materials such as graphene. Here, we speak to him about his experience of working with PRACE.

Harry O'Neill
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HPC and big data in the 1950s, or how a British company selling tea and cakes owned the world's first office computer
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Improving cyclone prediction, saving lives

Based on a study led by researchers at Pacific Northwest National Lab in Richland, Washington, US, weather forecasters may someday be able to reliably predict the intensity of tropical cyclones as well as their tracks.

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