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Researchers put Einstein’s theory to the test
A research team used telescopes around the world, including CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope – Murriyang, to complete the most challenging tests yet of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and found it holds true.
Boosting connectivity for research in the Eastern Mediterranean region
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Technology
ASREN (Arab States)
AUB (Lebanon)
EUMEDCONNECT3 (Eastern Mediterranean)
JUNET (JORDAN)
Research and education communities in Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan will benefit from improved connectivity as a new link through London will offer service to the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Digital classes help Thailand cope with COVID
Efforts to advance distance learning in Thailand got off to a jump start, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit by spring 2020 thanks to a collaboration to deploy Zoom.
Epilepsy and ADHD brain research in Georgia
Health & Medicine
Knowledge Exchange
Neuroscience
EaPConnect (Europe's Eastern Partnership countries)
GRENA (Georgia)
Irma Khachidze has been preparing the ground for novel computational methods to study such brain disorders in Georgia, supported by GRENA within the EU-funded EaPConnect project and its ‘Enlighten Your Research’ programme.
Simulating atoms for green energy
To help Australia transition to a lower emissions economy, researchers at Griffith University are using the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and AARNet to explore new materials for more efficient green energy production.
Helping Asia and Oceania forecast and respond to climate disasters
Research networks and mirror sites for Himawari Real-time enable fast, reliable access to satellite imagery.
The power of earth observation
Digital Earth Africa is helping to build a better future for Africa and NRENs are playing a critical role in making this happen.
Remote education relieves second wave of COVID in Nepal
Member institutions and other public academic institutes including government schools used Zoom to operate online classes.
Distance learning revolution in Bangladesh
The national research and education network of Bangladesh has assisted its member institutions in setting up online education and conferencing services in response to the global pandemic.
Quantum computing predicts Finnish housing prices
A project involving Finland's research and education network is working on a new tool for complex calculations.
International collaboration challenges and solutions for Ukraine’s particle physicists
For Ukrainian researchers at Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, planned changes to the Large Hadron Collider will bring a challenge. But a new ‘spectrum’ digital highway provided by URAN and the EU-funded EaPConnect project offers a ‘future-proofed’ solution.
The week that brought Sri Lanka e-learning
Networks collaborate to deploy online learning technology to the research and education community during the pandemic