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RENCI and North Carolina partners to exhibit at SC10

North Carolina research universities will present their latest work in high performance computing, data management and preservation, networking and scientific and information visualization at SC10.

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Open Data Center Alliance sets out to define requirements for next generation data centers and cloud infrastructure

The Open Data Center Alliance, an independent consortium of global IT leaders this week announced its formation and previewed the Alliance’s 0.5 vendor-agnostic Usage Model Roadmap.

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Documenting the Battle of the Atlantic

Video: John McCord, Coastal Studies Institute One of the most overlooked battles of World War II played out in our own backyard, claiming 80 ships and hundreds of lives. The waters off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, commonly known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, are also the resting place of merchant vessels, German U boats, […]

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RENCI at UNC Asheville presented with Friends of the River Award

RENCI at UNC Asheville received the Friends of the River Award by the Land-of-Sky Regional Council at the 33rd annual Friends of the River Dinner held Sept. 29.

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East Carolina celebrates science at regional festival

RENCI at East Carolina University was one of the organizations that planned and participated in the Eastern North Carolina Science Festival, held Friday, Sept. 24, at the East Carolina Heart Institute in Greenville.

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Mathematicians to tackle climate change issues through new NSF-funded virtual organization

Mathematics and Climate Change Network to be led by UNC Chapel Hill and supported by RENCI.

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RENCI's UNC Charlotte partners team up to win NSF land use grant

National Science Foundation funds Forest Persistence Project at UNC Charlotte

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RENCI issues call for NC State visualization projects

RENCI at North Carolina State University seeks NC State faculty members and researchers to participate in the center’s inaugural Program in Applied Scientific and Information Visualization.

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Molecules to Materials

RALEIGH, NC – Take some long, skinny molecules that are bunched together like a bowl of spaghetti. Now, try spinning them into a yarn that can conduct electricity. Or perhaps weave them, along with carbon nanotubes, into a next-generation bullet-proof vest. Sound challenging? It is—but it’s just the kind of challenge Melissa Pasquinelli likes.

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Image analysis project aims to classify characteristics of skin cancers

CHAPEL HILL, NC–Melanoma—the most serious form of skin cancer—varies in size, shape and severity, and although pathologists and researchers often intuitively differentiate between types of melanomas, the variations have never been formally quantified and documented.

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