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Berkeley Lab Researchers Contribute to Making Blockchains Even More Robust

By Guest PostJuly 22, 2018Technologybchain protocol, blockchain, chain replication, consensus protocol, hein meling, hyperledger iroha, private blockchain, project, public blockchain, rise of bitcoin, sean peisert

Hyperledger Iroha project notes that this work heavily inspired their protocol

Blockchain—a technology used for verifying and recording digital transactions—blasted into public consciousness with the rise of Bitcoin. But this tool could also transform the way governments, global industries and even science research operate. In fact, several banks, corporations, governments and scientists have already implemented some form of blockchain to inexpensively, securely and expediently store and share information. (more…)

Computer programming languages can impact science and thought

By Guest PostDecember 26, 2017Sciencecode golf, computer, gary lupyan, knowledge lab, programming language, project, Science, thought, topcoder

Knowledge Lab project to investigate programming features and data science environments

For decades, fierce debates have raged over the benefits of different programming languages over others: Java vs. C++; Python vs. Ruby; Flask vs. Django. While often waged with fervor by computer scientists and programmers, these debates tend to rely on anecdotal evidence, with very little rigorous comparison of programming approaches or the larger question of how software may augment human thinking. (more…)

Digital Archaeology Project to Use Big Data

By Guest PostDecember 7, 2017Sciencearchaeological data, barbara mills, big data, cybersw, digital archaeology project, matthew peeples, pre hispanic, project, sudha ram

The interdisciplinary project, led by the UA’s Barbara Mills and Sudha Ram, was awarded a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

When we think about some of the most pressing questions facing society today — on topics ranging from immigration to inequality to overpopulation — it might be helpful to consider how humans have handled similar issues throughout history, suggest researchers at the University of Arizona. (more…)

Tuberculosis Study Launched, Powered By Citizen Scientists on IBM’s World Community Grid

By Guest PostMarch 24, 2016Health, Technologyhelp stop tb, ibm, project, tuberculosis

Crowdsourced research project led by University of Nottingham will help scientists better understand and address one of world’s deadliest diseases

ARMONK, NY & NOTTINGHAM, UK – 24 Mar 2016: IBM’s World Community Grid and scientists at the University of Nottingham are launching a study to address tuberculosis, one of the world’s most deadly diseases. It is expected that hundreds of thousands of volunteers will donate vast computing resources to aid this effort facilitated by IBM. (more…)

Volunteers Can Now Help Scripps Research Institute Scientists Seek Ebola Cure in Their (Computers’) Spare Time

By Guest PostDecember 3, 2014Health, Technologyaais openidl, aids, andrea graham, cancer, co infections, dengue fever, duerre sommer, influenza, Japan, malaria, naturvertraegliche energiewende, project, sarah budischak, scripps research institute, solving infectious disease, stanley litow, use of blockchain

IBM’s SoftLayer cloud-enabled World Community Grid to provide free virtual supercomputer power to The Scripps Research Institute to speed screening of promising chemical compounds

ARMONK, NY & LA JOLLA, CA – 03 Dec 2014: Although some medical therapies show promise as treatments for Ebola, scientists are still looking urgently for a definitive cure.

For the first time, anyone with access to a computer or Android-based mobile device can help scientists perform this critical research — no financial contribution, passport, or PhD necessary. In fact, volunteers can be asleep, traveling or on a coffee break when they help researchers search for an Ebola cure. (more…)

NASA’s Saucer-Shaped Craft Preps for Flight Test

By Guest PostMay 23, 2014Scienceamanda agan, bakterielle giftstoffe, ban the box, carsten schwan, cdt toxin, christoph wissing, durchfallerreger, goyet in belgien, klaus aktories, low density, mars, NASA, oberflaeche von darmzellen, project, sonja starr, statistical discrimination, zellform

NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project, a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle, has completed final assembly at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.

This experimental flight test is designed to investigate breakthrough technologies that will benefit future Mars missions, including those involving human exploration. Three weeks of testing, simulations and rehearsals are planned before the first launch opportunity on the morning of June 3. LDSD was built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, and shipped to Kauai for final assembly and preparations. (more…)

Amazon Carbon Dynamics: Understanding the Photosynthesis-Climate Link

By Guest PostMarch 13, 2014Environmentamazon carbon dynamics, amazon tropical forests, australia, carbon cycle science, climate, computer model, dennis dye, earth observing satellites, hydrologist valeriy ivanov, jin wu, link, manaus, photosynthesis, project, santarem, scientists in brazil, scott saleska, seasonal variations, sydney, three dimensional variation, university of arizona, university of michigan, university of technology, usgs

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Michigan, the University of Arizona, and the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia) are collaborating with scientists in Brazil on a three-year research project that investigates a basic yet unanswered question in Earth-system and global carbon-cycle science: What controls the response of photosynthesis in Amazon tropical forests to seasonal variations in climate?

Results of the study will help improve the reliability of global climate forecasts by guiding improvements in the treatment of tropical forest photosynthesis and related water-cycle processes in Earth-system models. (more…)

NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Sees ‘Evening Star’ Earth

By Guest PostFebruary 7, 2014Scienceearth, evening star, mars rover curiosity, NASA, project, science mission directorate, Washington

The rover’s view of its original home planet even includes our moon, just below Earth.

The images, taken about 80 minutes after sunset during the rover’s 529th Martian day (Jan. 31, 2014) are available at https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17936 for a broad scene of the evening sky, and at https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17935 for a zoomed-in view of Earth and the moon. (more…)

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