The Los Alamos National Laboratory has implemented a Cray-built computing machine that works to help lab researchers access and manage unclassified data from science research projects. Wolf is built with Intel’s eight-core Sandybridge processors and an Infiniband networking technology and designed to provide up to 19.7 terabytes of data storage, the …
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The Energy Department has awarded $100 million in funding for 32 energy research initiatives. Grantees will work on research projects for energy production, storage and use under the second round of the Energy Frontier Research Centers program, DOE said Wednesday. “Today, we are mobilizing some of our most talented scientists …
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to suggest ideas for applying science and engineering in the development of military defense and national security technology, Defense Systems reported Tuesday. Joey Cheng writes that DARPA’s defense sciences office is interested in high-risk/high-payoff technology projects focused on the mathematics, transformative …
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The Defense Department has picked 149 university researchers to receive $39.9 million combined in research equipment funding. The Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research and Air Force Office of Scientific Research will grant the awards through the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program, DoD said Wednesday. The DoD intends for …
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Jeanne Holm, Data.gov‘s evangelist, said the U.S. government’s open data portal features more than 105,000 datasets for public use and has attracted 4.5 million visitors since May 2009, FCW reported Tuesday. Mark Rockwell writes the Data.gov website is designed to give the public access to government data and tools that …
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The FBI is looking for a contractor to supply different types of executable malicious files that the bureau intends to use for its cybersecurity research activities, Nextgov reported Thursday. Frank Konkel writes the FBI wants malware samples embedded in operating systems, PDF documents, spreadsheets, images and audiovisual records. “The collection …
Read More » The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is considering an effort to research how to build bio-inspired sensors following a study of the impact of electromagnetic noise on a bird’s internal magnetic compass. Prof. Henrik Mouritsen led the teams from the University of Oldenburg and the University of Oxford to work …
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The Department of the Navy and Purdue University will continue to work on a research initiative that is intended to further the development of alternative energy resources. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Purdue University President Mitch Daniels are set to ink an agreement on Thursday at the Purdue campus, Purdue …
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The National Security Agency is investing nearly $8.2 million in cybersecurity research initiatives at four universities in the form of test laboratories, FCW reported Wednesday. Mark Rockwell writes that NSA has awarded science-of-security grants to the University of Maryland, North Carolina State University, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Illinois. Each …
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NASA is set to invest a combined $47.6 million in fresh research and technology ideas after the agency picked hundreds of proposals from small businesses in the U.S. NASA will fund the projects from 257 small enterprises and 29 research bodies under its Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small …
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