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Fabiano Caruana
US grandmaster Fabiano Caruana hails chess talent of nine-year-old south London boy
standard.co.uk - Martin Bentham
Britain's newest chess star has been hailed as “a talent for sure” after playing in London against the American grandmaster who narrowly missed …
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Penn State
LIGO supercomputer upgrade will speed up groundbreaking astrophysics research
phys.org - Pennsylvania State University
"At Penn State we're involved in all aspects of gravitational wave astronomy, which we use to learn about the universe," said Sathyaprakash. "Until …
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Farming
UK supercomputer gives African farmers early warning of pests and blights
The Telegraph - By Sarah Newey
While millions of people go hungry around the world, 40 per cent of crops are decimated by pests and diseases. But British scientists believe they have found a solution and it comes, in part, from space.
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Virtual Reality
Nvidia's new AI converts real-life videos into 3D renders
TNW - Ivan Mehta
We’ve often wondered while playing games or experiencing virtual reality: how can this be closer to the real world? Nvidia might have an answer. The company has developed an AI which can turn video into
Computer Science
China gets ahead in supercomputer race
sciencebusiness.net - Science|Business reporting
According to the latest Top500 data on supercomputing capabilities, the share of installations based in China continues to increase, with the country …
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Archives
India building 20,000-strong network to take on challenges of mighty supercomputers
indianexpress.com
This year, a supercomputer from India took 39th position in the TOP500 list, the highest-ever position achieved by the country. And, if an ambitious …
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Formula E
Scientists Are Now Employing Supercomputers to Test Stress
interestingengineering.com - Mario L. Major
The advanced computers revolutionizing everything in our modern world are now also being used to test out stress theories on materials.
UK News
El Niño weather phenomenon 'could spark severe floods and droughts across parts of world within three months'
standard.co.uk - Hatty Collier
An El Niño weather phenomenon could cause widespread flooding and severe drought across different parts of the world in the next three months, …
Jet Stream
A new way to see stress -- using supercomputers: Stressed materials show asymmetric distributions in simulations on Comet
sciencedaily.com - University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Stressed materials show asymmetric distributions in simulations on Comet and Jetstream supercomputers through XSEDE allocations Supercomputer …
Space Exploration
Using Retrorockets for Human Exploration of Mars
nasa.gov - John Hardman
Demo List Space Exploration Overview One long-term goal of human space exploration is to send astronauts to the Martian surface and return them safely …
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Science
Black hole 'donuts' are actually 'fountains'
phys.org - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have found that the …
Jamie Carragher
Liverpool legend reveals warning he gave to Shaqiri before Everton clash
talksport.com
Jamie Carragher has warned Xherdan Shaqiri Liverpool HAVE to beat Everton on Sunday. The Reds legend is eagerly awaiting the kick off of the first …
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Wildfires
How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem
WIRED - Matt Simon
Fire is chaos. Fire doesn’t care what it destroys or who it kills—it spreads without mercy, leaving total destruction in its wake, as California’s …
Stathis Papaefstathiouadded this to Supercomputers ILLUSTRATED
Armed Forces
Linux and Supercomputers
linuxjournal.com - Bryan Lunduke
by Bryan LundukeAs we sit here, in the year Two Thousand and Eighteen (better known as "the future, where the robots live"), our beloved Linux is the …
NME
Visceral
Naked’s ‘The Cage’ at Somerset House’s Assembly series: A claustrophobic, intense and visceral triumph of electro-futurism
NME - Alex Hoban
Outside at ground level, a Fortnum & Mason pop up store is selling premium christmas gifts. Ice skaters glide on an endless loop on Somerset House’s …
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Supercars
Rimac C_Two undergoes extensive wind tunnel testing
motorauthority.com - Sean Szymkowski
The Rimac C_Two may be nearly sold out, but the electric supercar isn't ready for prime time just yet. Engineers are still hard at work finalizing …
U.S. Dept. of Energy
Weather 101: Forecasting And Supercomputers
cbslocal.com - CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – If you’re wondering where supercomputers intersect with your life look no further than the latest weather forecast. The …
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Sports
Magnus Carlsen beats Caruana in tie-breakers to retain World Chess crown
The Guardian - Sean Ingle
For 20 days the world’s two best grandmasters sat in a soundproof studio in central London, with only a chessboard, their thoughts, and each other for company. But finally, after 15 games, 773 moves and
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High Performance Computing
Three indigenous supercomputers to be ready by March 2019
indianexpress.com
THE FIRST THREE supercomputers to be indigenously built under the Make In India initiative will be ready for operations by March 2019. These machines …
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U.S. Dept. of Energy
10 of the world's most impressive supercomputers
techradar.com - By Claritas Solutions Computing
As a company full of tech fanatics, Claritas Solutions has a workforce which is both passionate and knowledgeable when it comes to computing. With …
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Artificial Intelligence
AI-infused humans: Elon Musk wants to create a hard drive for our brains
theage.com.au
Elon Musk says to fight the rise of artificial intelligence that we must merge with machines - and he wants to plant chips in our heads.
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The Rimac C Two Was Engineered With a Supercomputer to Help It Hit 258 MPH
Jalopnik - Justin T. Westbrook
Rimac wiped the slate clean when it approached the engineering of its second-generation electric supercar, the Rimac C Two, focusing on efficiency …
Red Hat
AWS starts offering Graviton, a custom Arm CPU built by Amazon
datacenterdynamics.com - www.datacenterdynamics.com
At AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services announced that it is now offering Arm CPU-based instances for the first time. The 'Graviton' 64-bit …
Mack Brown
The New Phone Flim-Flam Is Easier, Not Any Cheaper
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I was impressed at how effortlessly the Verizon store was able to get me to jump into a new $1200 supercomputer, that also, according to reports, can …
Computer Science
supercomputers: India begins developing applications for its upcoming supercomputers, Technology News, ETtech
indiatimes.com - www.ETtech.com
India has begun developing applications for cancer research, genome sequencing and drug discovery to be run on high performance computers that it has …
Kent
What are supercomputers used for?
sciencefocus.com - www.sciencefocus.com
Advertisement The best supercomputers fill rooms, cost millions, and are thousands of times faster than your computer at home. They are usually used …
Road & Track
Equations
The Rimac C_Two's Aerodynamic Aid Is a Supercomputer
Road & Track - By Máté Petrány
The 1914-horsepower EV has to be just as slippery through the air to reach Rimac's performance goals. The Rimac C_Two is designed to represent the absolute peak of EV technology, which means the production-ready
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Imperial College London
There is a 265 Teraflop Supercomputer for EV Batteries and His Name is Michael
interestingengineering.com - Taylor Donovan Barnett
Named after the UK's most famous battery scientist Michael Faraday, the supercomputer designed to accelerate EV battery research can reach 265 …
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Parallelism
Novel processor stirs petascale controversy
eetimes.com - Rick Merritt
PHOENIX — A prominent Stanford researcher has designed a novel microprocessor he claims could power a range of mighty yet less costly scientific …
Defense Industry
Russia develops "supercomputer" for defense industry
xinhuanet.com - www.xinhuanet.com
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks to Rector of Moscow Lomonosov State University Viktor Sadovnichy as they inspect the Lomonosov …