🌍 Africa’s research networks are now directly connected via a 10 Gbps link between Lagos and Cape Town, led by WACREN and #SANReN, enabling faster, more resilient data sharing across the continent.
🔗 https://ow.ly/GGTG50YOh8M
#ResearchInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation #AfricanScience
🧲🌏 Revealing the effect of a super geomagnetic storm
With the help of #NREN of #Japan 🇯🇵 #NICT, #Researchers found a 2024 geomagnetic storm suppressed the plasmasphere for over 4 days, with electron density dropping up to 90%.
🔗 https://ow.ly/B8uj50YNeJw
#SpaceWeather #EarthScience
🛰️ ICEYE is combining its SAR satellite constellation with LUMI to turn satellite data into near real-time insight.
By running #AI workloads on LUMI, satellite imagery becomes actionable intelligence different purposes.
🎥 Watch the full video by HPE & AMD: youtu.be/Oghoc6y7fKQ?...
#hpc
Brazilian 🇧🇷 surgeons performed the first tele-surgery using standard internet, controlling a robot over 3,200 km in real time. Enabled by Brazil’s NREN, Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa #RNP.
Read more at https://ow.ly/2jCk50YKJlN
#Telemedicine #DigitalHealth #HealthInnovation 📸 RNP
In the #Philippines 🇵🇭 #AI is being trained to recognise vehicles like jeepneys to improve traffic analysis. Researchers at #DOSTASTI which operates #NREN #PREGINET are also testing systems that give emergency vehicles green lights.
🔗 https://ow.ly/NCS950YC5wZ #SmartMobility #DigitalInnovation
Catch up on stories from around the world, highlighting people and projects connected through research and education networks in the latest In The Field newsletter.
🔗 https://ow.ly/WOnn50YAXHc
#NREN #Research #Education #GlobalCollaboration #ResearchNetworks
#Researchers in #Guatemala 🇬🇹 are using #Supercomputing to model how shrimp-shell polymers capture arsenic, developing scalable water treatment solutions. Enabled by BELLA II #HPC led by the #NREN of Latin America, #RedCLARA.
🔗 https://ow.ly/nxsJ50YztmB #WaterQuality #EnvironmentalScience
🧊 A new tool delivers daily sea ice forecasts for Arctic shipping using satellite data and modelling to support safer navigation. Developed through Nordic collaboration, including #NREN of #Finland CSCfi.
🔗 https://ow.ly/nz4h50Yyp2o
#ArcticResearch #ClimateScience #MaritimeSafety
🪰 #Researchers from Nagoya University supported by Japan 🇯🇵 #NREN #NICT transferred courtship behavior between fruit fly species by activating the fru gene, rewiring neural connections in the brain.
🔗 https://ow.ly/3msf50Ywztw #Genetics #Neuroscience #BehavioralScience
🛠️ Construction of the new data center for the
@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social LUMI‑AI supercomputer and the LUMI‑IQ quantum computer is in full swing in Kajaani, Finland!
Read more on building this world‑class facility, CSC's largest data center investment to date 🔗 csc.fi/en/blog/cons...
🧑🎓👨🎓 Targeting drop-out at Brazil’s universities
Using data + AI, Brazilian universities supported by the the #NREN of #Brazil 🇧🇷 #RNP are identifying at-risk students early and reducing dropout.
🔗 https://ow.ly/CvhL50YvClv #HigherEd #Innovation
Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney are using AARNet’s national network to test a new system called the Network Timing Core designed to improve how trusted time is distributed across the internet.
🔗 https://ow.ly/yjTM50Yutri
#NetworkTiming #DigitalInfrastructure #ResearchNetworks
Use case: Simulating the invisible - how supercomputing advances black hole research
🌌How do you study something you can’t see? Black holes emit no light—but the plasma around them does. Using supercomputers like LUMI, researchers simulate turbulent, magnetised plasma to reveal the extreme physics behind black‑hole flares.
🔗Read the use case: lumi-supercomputer.eu/black-hole-r...
Catch up on stories from In The Field in our latest newsletter at https://ow.ly/YHur50YmKKr
#NREN #research #education
👨🎓🧑🎓Brazil’s academic diplomas turn digital
#Brazil 🇧🇷 has made all academic diplomas digital, using a blockchain-based system developed with support from the #NREN of Brazil, RNP, to issue, validate, and preserve credentials.
🔗 https://ow.ly/lbA450YkzmL #DigitalCredentials #EdTech #HigherEducation
🌲The #NREN of #Finland 🇫🇮 CSCfi has developed a carbon footprint model for digital services, showing hardware manufacturing dominates emissions and guiding more sustainable data storage.
🔗 Read the full story https://ow.ly/obiV50YitFJ #ClimateImpact #DigitalCarbonFootprint #SustainableTech
Using #DeiC’s Interactive #HPC, #researchers at Copenhagen Business School analysed millions of patents to show how even small mismatches in scope and description can hinder innovation.
Read more https://ow.ly/367w50Yc2w8
#HighPerformanceComputing #PatentData #InnovationInsights 📸 Jakob Boserup
Did you know...
Microscopic imperfections in fiber-optic cables have been transformed into millions of networked individual seismometers, and scientific equipment at their endpoints can sense tiny movements of the Earth’s crust.
One result: predicting volcanic activity!
cenic.org/blog/ai-enab...
NTRO is using #Globus via the #NREN of #Australia 🇦🇺 AARNet to move and analyse large #RoadSurvey datasets in near real time, helping improve safety and efficiency across transport networks.
Read more: https://ow.ly/4NkC50Y94Jg
#BigData #DataTransfer #RoadSafety #TransportTech
News: 22 Czech research projects awarded resources on LUMI
In the latest @it4innovations.bsky.social Open Access Grant round, 22 teams from Czech institutions gained access to LUMI. Projects span biomedicine, AI, smart cities, sustainable energy & particle physics – including CERN support.
🔗Read more: lumi-supercomputer.eu/czech-resear...
#eurohpc #hpc #ai
🇫🇮 Cultural heritage is a cornerstone of Finnish identity and well-being.
Finland safeguards cultural heritage and research data for future generations through unique national Digital Preservation Services. Half a billion files already preserved!
Learn more 🔗 csc.fi/en/news/buil...
@dpres.fi
The #NREN of #Finland 🇫🇮 CSCfi is helping power Opin.fi to bring open courses from 29 Finnish higher education institutions into one place, making lifelong learning easier to find and access.
🔗 https://ow.ly/6ZXH50XLLJi
#FinnishEducation #OpinFi #EducationInnovation
🌍 Digital twins are transforming biodiversity science.
BioDT project, coordinated by CSC, combined advanced modelling, open data, and supercomputing to help Europe respond faster to biodiversity and climate challenges.
Read more 🔗 csc.fi/en/news/digi...
At #SC25 in November, UVic & SFU research teams achieved the first Tbps #DataTransfer from a Canadian 🇨🇦 university, enabled by Canada #NRENs #BCNET & #CANARIE, and USA NREN #Internet2 providing the network path.
🔗 https://ow.ly/wBCZ50XHbPK
#ResearchNetworking #ResearchInfrastructure
Brazilian Hospital Services Company Ebserh and the #NREN of #Brazil 🇧🇷 #RNP have improved electronic patient records and key digital services for 45 federal university hospitals, supporting care for 27M patients.
🔗 https://ow.ly/AzjN50XCfsB #DigitalHealth #RedCLARA
Through a grant from #Kenya 🇰🇪 #NREN #KENET, researchers at the University of Nairobi are developing a fast and cheap method of screening agricultural products for pesticides, producing immediate results with no damage to products.
🔗 https://ow.ly/TcGH50XAq99
#FoodSafety
Catch up on stories from In The Field in our latest newsletter at https://ow.ly/Ursr50XyOrg
#NREN #research #education
#NREN of #Chile 🇨🇱 #REUNA, member of #RedCLARA, has opened a new PoP in Punta Arenas, pushing connectivity in Chile over 1300km closer to #Antarctica and boosting global research access.
🔗 https://ow.ly/I9zA50XxRqf
#GlobalResearch #ScientificCollaboration #ResearchNetworks
When Fresno State needed to connect to Pac-12 Enterprises to broadcast a live football game over CBS, the Chancellor's Office reached out to CENIC for what Pac-12 layer called the smoothest turn-up they've ever experienced.
cenic.org/blog/the-big...
📈 #SUBMERSE is transforming submarine fibre-optic networks into real-time scientific sensors, with support from #NRENs #NORDUnet, #Sikt 🇳🇴 + #DeiC 🇩🇰. The project also tackles the challenge of managing huge, sensitive datasets.
🔗 https://ow.ly/VYjh50XtPUs
#ResearchInfrastructure #EarthObservation
