Europe
Integrating the data of life – to determine the appropriate drug
Storing and analysing genomic data at the scale of a million people and connecting this data with other resources – such as data on lifestyle and disease history – will transform our understanding of how diseases can be cured through individualised treatments.
Tracking cuckoos from space – building the Animal Internet
How is this even possible? A cuckoo carrying a tiny transmitter signalling to a satellite and allowing researchers to track its 16,000-kilometre, ten-month-long loop migration from Scandinavia to Central Africa and back.
‘Creating the Future’, inspired by space
More than 80 cosmonauts and astronauts from 20 countries met with youngsters and members of the public in Minsk, Belarus, during the XXXI Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers.
eduroam wifi access for more and more people
Eduroam is expanding across countries and beyond campuses to support mobility for academics, students and researchers globally, with Tajikistan being among the latest country to join the eduroam family.
Private weather observations to be integrated into forecasting
Observations from the “Internet of things”, such as intelligent cars, phones, buildings and personal weather stations added to the mix can provide detailed information on local to hyper-local meteorological phenomena.
Has the world gone peppers?
Agriculture
Food Security
GÉANT (Europe)
IUCC (Israel)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
SUNET (Sweden)
SURF (Netherlands)
Researchers from across Europe are hard at work developing a robot that autonomously roams a greenhouse, “eye-balling” sweet peppers to check if they have reached optimal ripeness, and then plucks them off the plant and places them in a vat – all automatically.
Norse mythology inspires robust approach to securing digital infrastructure
What is the connection between a pig from Norse mythology and the Swedish plans for Total Defence in case of war?
Building expertise for a new era of online artistic collaboration
Two Norwegian universities have launched a joint master programme training musical and artistic collaboration over the Internet, with super-fast connectivity linking two experimental labs, 500 km apart.
Pinpointing air pollution from space
Climate Science
Earth Observation
Environment
Technology
CANARIE (Canada)
DFN (Germany)
GÉANT (Europe)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
SURF (Netherlands)
UNINETT (Norway)
For the first time, air pollution from individual cities and built-up areas can be detected from space. The European Sentinel-5 Precursor Earth observation satellite sends ultra precise measurement data to ground stations in Norway and Canada.
Supporting sustainable water management in Central Asia
Earth Observation
Environment
Water management
CAREN (Central Asia)
DFN (Germany)
GÉANT (Europe)
KRENA (Kyrgyzstan)
R&E networks make hydro-meteorological monitoring data accessible to scientists and local authorities for informed water supply assessment and management in Central Asia
Teaching researchers to write better code
As research becomes increasingly data driven, more and more researchers need tailor-made software for their research projects. The CodeRefinery project is training them to code.
Boosting ultra-sensitive microscopes
Using the HPC Cloud, a new strategy has been developed to make microscopes more sensitive, helping with the study of living organic substances (such as cancer cells).