News tagged with dataset
Positive words: the glue to social interaction
(Phys.org) -- Scientists at ETH Zurich have studied the use of language, finding that words with a positive emotional content are more frequently used in written communication. This result supports the theory that social ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 24, 2012 |
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New tool for visualizing the distribution of vascular plants in Belgium
The Belgian Biodiversity Platform has just released a new website "IFBL Data Portal, Explore Flora Checklists of Belgium". It aggregates about 23,000 checklists of vascular plants in Belgium, compiled since 1939 ...
May 23, 2012 |
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A 100-gigbit highway for science
Climate researchers are producing some of the fastest growing datasets in science. Five years ago, the amount of information generated for the Nobel Prize-winning United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ...
Apr 30, 2012 |
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New dataset provides 40-year record of carbon dioxide accumulation in the surface ocean
The most comprehensive dataset of surface water carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements for the world's oceans and coastal seas is launched today by an international team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA). ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Mapping tool analyzes how climate change, conflict and aid intersect in Africa
Researchers have developed a new dynamic mapping tool that will help policymakers and other groups determine a country's vulnerabilities to climate change and conflicts and show how these two issues intersect in Africa. ...
Mar 02, 2012 |
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New data allows for unique conflict research
Which factors increase the risk for armed conflict and war? What circumstances make conflict resolution more likely to be successful? If work for peace is to bear fruit; these questions needs to be answered. Today, the Uppsala ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 08, 2011 |
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SDSC announces scalable, high-performance data storage cloud
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, today announced the launch of what is believed to be the largest academic-based cloud storage system in the U.S., specifically designed ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Novel high-performance hybrid system for semantic factoring of graph databases
Imagine trying to analyze all of the English entries in Wikipedia. Now imagine you've got 20 times as much information. That's the challenge scientists face when working with gigabyte data sets. Scientists ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 20, 2011 |
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SDSC to venture capitalists: Data-intensive supercomputing is here
The exponentially increasing amount of digital information, along with new challenges in storing valuable data and massive datasets, are changing the architecture of today's newest supercomputers as well as how researchers ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 22, 2011 |
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Software that gets reduced, reused, recycled
(PhysOrg.com) -- Service-centric software engineering is the latest paradigm in computing, and European researchers have developed a platform they believe will launch the concept into the business world.
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