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The #NREN of #Finland 🇫🇮 CSCfi is helping power Opin.fi to bring open courses from 29 Finnish higher education institutions into one place, making lifelong learning easier to find and access.
🔗 https://ow.ly/6ZXH50XLLJi
#FinnishEducation #OpinFi #EducationInnovation
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#FinnishEducation #OpinFi #EducationInnovation
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The #NREN of #Finland 🇫🇮 CSCfi is helping power Opin.fi to bring open courses from 29 Finnish higher education institutions into one place, making lifelong learning easier to find and access.
🔗 https://ow.ly/6ZXH50XLLJi
#FinnishEducation #OpinFi #EducationInnovation
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#FinnishEducation #OpinFi #EducationInnovation
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🌍 Digital twins are transforming biodiversity science.
BioDT project, coordinated by CSC, combined advanced modelling, open data, and supercomputing to help Europe respond faster to biodiversity and climate challenges.
Read more 🔗 csc.fi/en/news/digi...
BioDT project, coordinated by CSC, combined advanced modelling, open data, and supercomputing to help Europe respond faster to biodiversity and climate challenges.
Read more 🔗 csc.fi/en/news/digi...
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🌍 Digital twins are transforming biodiversity science.
BioDT project, coordinated by CSC, combined advanced modelling, open data, and supercomputing to help Europe respond faster to biodiversity and climate challenges.
Read more 🔗 csc.fi/en/news/digi...
BioDT project, coordinated by CSC, combined advanced modelling, open data, and supercomputing to help Europe respond faster to biodiversity and climate challenges.
Read more 🔗 csc.fi/en/news/digi...
At #SC25 in November, UVic & SFU research teams achieved the first Tbps #DataTransfer from a Canadian 🇨🇦 university, enabled by Canada #NRENs #BCNET & #CANARIE, and USA NREN #Internet2 providing the network path.
🔗 https://ow.ly/wBCZ50XHbPK
#ResearchNetworking #ResearchInfrastructure
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#ResearchNetworking #ResearchInfrastructure
December 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
At #SC25 in November, UVic & SFU research teams achieved the first Tbps #DataTransfer from a Canadian 🇨🇦 university, enabled by Canada #NRENs #BCNET & #CANARIE, and USA NREN #Internet2 providing the network path.
🔗 https://ow.ly/wBCZ50XHbPK
#ResearchNetworking #ResearchInfrastructure
🔗 https://ow.ly/wBCZ50XHbPK
#ResearchNetworking #ResearchInfrastructure
Brazilian Hospital Services Company Ebserh and the #NREN of #Brazil 🇧🇷 #RNP have improved electronic patient records and key digital services for 45 federal university hospitals, supporting care for 27M patients.
🔗 https://ow.ly/AzjN50XCfsB #DigitalHealth #RedCLARA
🔗 https://ow.ly/AzjN50XCfsB #DigitalHealth #RedCLARA
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Brazilian Hospital Services Company Ebserh and the #NREN of #Brazil 🇧🇷 #RNP have improved electronic patient records and key digital services for 45 federal university hospitals, supporting care for 27M patients.
🔗 https://ow.ly/AzjN50XCfsB #DigitalHealth #RedCLARA
🔗 https://ow.ly/AzjN50XCfsB #DigitalHealth #RedCLARA
Through a grant from #Kenya 🇰🇪 #NREN #KENET, researchers at the University of Nairobi are developing a fast and cheap method of screening agricultural products for pesticides, producing immediate results with no damage to products.
🔗 https://ow.ly/TcGH50XAq99
#FoodSafety
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#FoodSafety
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Through a grant from #Kenya 🇰🇪 #NREN #KENET, researchers at the University of Nairobi are developing a fast and cheap method of screening agricultural products for pesticides, producing immediate results with no damage to products.
🔗 https://ow.ly/TcGH50XAq99
#FoodSafety
🔗 https://ow.ly/TcGH50XAq99
#FoodSafety
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#NREN #research #education
#NREN #research #education
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Catch up on stories from In The Field in our latest newsletter at https://ow.ly/Ursr50XyOrg
#NREN #research #education
#NREN #research #education
#NREN of #Chile 🇨🇱 #REUNA, member of #RedCLARA, has opened a new PoP in Punta Arenas, pushing connectivity in Chile over 1300km closer to #Antarctica and boosting global research access.
🔗 https://ow.ly/I9zA50XxRqf
#GlobalResearch #ScientificCollaboration #ResearchNetworks
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#GlobalResearch #ScientificCollaboration #ResearchNetworks
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#NREN of #Chile 🇨🇱 #REUNA, member of #RedCLARA, has opened a new PoP in Punta Arenas, pushing connectivity in Chile over 1300km closer to #Antarctica and boosting global research access.
🔗 https://ow.ly/I9zA50XxRqf
#GlobalResearch #ScientificCollaboration #ResearchNetworks
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#GlobalResearch #ScientificCollaboration #ResearchNetworks
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When Fresno State needed to connect to Pac-12 Enterprises to broadcast a live football game over CBS, the Chancellor's Office reached out to CENIC for what Pac-12 layer called the smoothest turn-up they've ever experienced.
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CENIC | The Big Game Is Big Data: How CENIC and the California Research and Education Network Support Member Athletics
When Fresno State needed to connect to Pac-12 Enterprises to broadcast a live football game over CBS, the Chancellor's Office reached out to CENIC for what Pac-12 layer called the smoothest turn-up th...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
When Fresno State needed to connect to Pac-12 Enterprises to broadcast a live football game over CBS, the Chancellor's Office reached out to CENIC for what Pac-12 layer called the smoothest turn-up they've ever experienced.
cenic.org/blog/the-big...
cenic.org/blog/the-big...
📈 #SUBMERSE is transforming submarine fibre-optic networks into real-time scientific sensors, with support from #NRENs #NORDUnet, #Sikt 🇳🇴 + #DeiC 🇩🇰. The project also tackles the challenge of managing huge, sensitive datasets.
🔗 https://ow.ly/VYjh50XtPUs
#ResearchInfrastructure #EarthObservation
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#ResearchInfrastructure #EarthObservation
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
📈 #SUBMERSE is transforming submarine fibre-optic networks into real-time scientific sensors, with support from #NRENs #NORDUnet, #Sikt 🇳🇴 + #DeiC 🇩🇰. The project also tackles the challenge of managing huge, sensitive datasets.
🔗 https://ow.ly/VYjh50XtPUs
#ResearchInfrastructure #EarthObservation
🔗 https://ow.ly/VYjh50XtPUs
#ResearchInfrastructure #EarthObservation
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Celebrating 21 years of #eduroam in Australia! 🎉🇦🇺
Since 2004, AARNet has helped deliver secure, global Wi-Fi roaming for students, researchers and staff across the country — and around the world.
Read more https://www.aarnet.edu.au/21-years-of-eduroam-in-australia
#love2eduroam #educationroaming
Since 2004, AARNet has helped deliver secure, global Wi-Fi roaming for students, researchers and staff across the country — and around the world.
Read more https://www.aarnet.edu.au/21-years-of-eduroam-in-australia
#love2eduroam #educationroaming
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Celebrating 21 years of #eduroam in Australia! 🎉🇦🇺
Since 2004, AARNet has helped deliver secure, global Wi-Fi roaming for students, researchers and staff across the country — and around the world.
Read more https://www.aarnet.edu.au/21-years-of-eduroam-in-australia
#love2eduroam #educationroaming
Since 2004, AARNet has helped deliver secure, global Wi-Fi roaming for students, researchers and staff across the country — and around the world.
Read more https://www.aarnet.edu.au/21-years-of-eduroam-in-australia
#love2eduroam #educationroaming
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@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social has signed an agreement with GÉANT – this partnership will provide European supercomputers, including LUMI, with an ultra-fast, secure, continent-wide data communication infrastructure.⚡️
Read more: www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/hyperconnect...
#hpc
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#hpc
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social has signed an agreement with GÉANT – this partnership will provide European supercomputers, including LUMI, with an ultra-fast, secure, continent-wide data communication infrastructure.⚡️
Read more: www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/hyperconnect...
#hpc
Read more: www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/hyperconnect...
#hpc
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❄️ Seven collaborative projects conducting data-intensive research on the LUMI supercomputer, involving researchers from Finland and Colorado and from Finland and Japan, finished in September 2025.
👉 Read this article on the projects: www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/seven-collab...
#hpc
👉 Read this article on the projects: www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/seven-collab...
#hpc
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
❄️ Seven collaborative projects conducting data-intensive research on the LUMI supercomputer, involving researchers from Finland and Colorado and from Finland and Japan, finished in September 2025.
👉 Read this article on the projects: www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/seven-collab...
#hpc
👉 Read this article on the projects: www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/seven-collab...
#hpc
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Europe takes a major step in research connectivity! A new terabit network will link supercomputers across the continent, including EuroHPC’s @lumi-supercomputer.eu located in CSC’s data center in Kajaani 🚀
🔗 csc.fi/en/news/tera...
🔗 csc.fi/en/news/tera...
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Europe takes a major step in research connectivity! A new terabit network will link supercomputers across the continent, including EuroHPC’s @lumi-supercomputer.eu located in CSC’s data center in Kajaani 🚀
🔗 csc.fi/en/news/tera...
🔗 csc.fi/en/news/tera...
⚕️African #NREN WACREN + partners have launched #COPPHA, a coalition advancing #DiamondOA publishing — free for authors & readers — to boost African public health research visibility.
🔗 https://ow.ly/Rmis50XpKoh
#OpenAccess #PublicHealthAfrica
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#OpenAccess #PublicHealthAfrica
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
⚕️African #NREN WACREN + partners have launched #COPPHA, a coalition advancing #DiamondOA publishing — free for authors & readers — to boost African public health research visibility.
🔗 https://ow.ly/Rmis50XpKoh
#OpenAccess #PublicHealthAfrica
🔗 https://ow.ly/Rmis50XpKoh
#OpenAccess #PublicHealthAfrica
🚀 A collaboration between CSI Singapore, NSCC & #NREN of #Singapore 🇸🇬 #SingAREN is speeding up cancer genomics — transferring petabytes of data from the US up to 10× faster via SingAREN’s high-speed network.
Read more ow.ly/US6h50XmTbv
#research #genomics #cancerresearch
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#research #genomics #cancerresearch
Lightning speed for Singapore’s cancer research - In The Field
In a joint project, Cancer Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore), the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC), and SingAREN, the national research and education network (NREN), has taken genomic cancer...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
🚀 A collaboration between CSI Singapore, NSCC & #NREN of #Singapore 🇸🇬 #SingAREN is speeding up cancer genomics — transferring petabytes of data from the US up to 10× faster via SingAREN’s high-speed network.
Read more ow.ly/US6h50XmTbv
#research #genomics #cancerresearch
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#research #genomics #cancerresearch
Catch up on stories from In The Field in our latest newsletter at ow.ly/93pp50XkHrj
#NREN #research #education
#NREN #research #education
October 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Catch up on stories from In The Field in our latest newsletter at ow.ly/93pp50XkHrj
#NREN #research #education
#NREN #research #education
🔎 #Researchers at Copenhagen Business School used #supercomputing resources from #DeiC NREN of Denmark 🇩🇰 to analyse over 3 million job postings and study how changing skill demands relate to firm performance.
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#Innovation #DataScience #AI #HPC
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#Innovation #DataScience #AI #HPC
Analyzing the Danish labor market with supercomputing - In The Field
A few years ago, Rentian Zhu, PhD fellow at the Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School (CBS) got a bright idea. He wanted to use job postings as a source of societal information.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
🔎 #Researchers at Copenhagen Business School used #supercomputing resources from #DeiC NREN of Denmark 🇩🇰 to analyse over 3 million job postings and study how changing skill demands relate to firm performance.
🔗 ow.ly/bMVW50Xhg3M
#Innovation #DataScience #AI #HPC
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#Innovation #DataScience #AI #HPC
✨Seismic shockwaves reach 300 km into space
An international #research team from #NREN of #Japan 🇯🇵 #NICT & partners has mapped how ionospheric electron density fluctuations evolved following an earthquake.
🔗 ow.ly/V4Ms50XeIKt #SpaceWeather #EarthquakeResearch
An international #research team from #NREN of #Japan 🇯🇵 #NICT & partners has mapped how ionospheric electron density fluctuations evolved following an earthquake.
🔗 ow.ly/V4Ms50XeIKt #SpaceWeather #EarthquakeResearch
Seismic shockwaves reach 300 km into space - In The Field
For the first time, researchers have mapped in 3D how an earthquake disturbs the ionosphere. The study was conducted by researchers from Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Te...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
✨Seismic shockwaves reach 300 km into space
An international #research team from #NREN of #Japan 🇯🇵 #NICT & partners has mapped how ionospheric electron density fluctuations evolved following an earthquake.
🔗 ow.ly/V4Ms50XeIKt #SpaceWeather #EarthquakeResearch
An international #research team from #NREN of #Japan 🇯🇵 #NICT & partners has mapped how ionospheric electron density fluctuations evolved following an earthquake.
🔗 ow.ly/V4Ms50XeIKt #SpaceWeather #EarthquakeResearch
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#MediaRelease: Australian technology has delivered a live quantum-secure link, a breakthrough that promises to future-proof critical data against tomorrow’s cyber threats. The project brings together QuintessenceLabs, #CSIRO, and #AARNet.
🔗 ow.ly/AV0g50Xc8o1 #Quantum
🔗 ow.ly/AV0g50Xc8o1 #Quantum
Australia’s breakthrough quantum-secure link protects data using the…
This technology promises to future-proof critical data against tomorrow’s cyber threats.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#MediaRelease: Australian technology has delivered a live quantum-secure link, a breakthrough that promises to future-proof critical data against tomorrow’s cyber threats. The project brings together QuintessenceLabs, #CSIRO, and #AARNet.
🔗 ow.ly/AV0g50Xc8o1 #Quantum
🔗 ow.ly/AV0g50Xc8o1 #Quantum
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Collaboration and compute power meet on LUMI! 💪 Together with AMD Silo AI, KTH, and CSC, we’re advancing quantum chemistry for drug discovery and materials development. Learn more in AMD’s blog:
www.amd.com/en/blogs/202...
www.amd.com/en/blogs/202...
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Collaboration and compute power meet on LUMI! 💪 Together with AMD Silo AI, KTH, and CSC, we’re advancing quantum chemistry for drug discovery and materials development. Learn more in AMD’s blog:
www.amd.com/en/blogs/202...
www.amd.com/en/blogs/202...
🎶 The Ligeti Center in Hamburg is bringing together music, science, healthcare, and IT to turn #research into real-world benefits, backed by the high-speed X-WiN network from #DFN, the #NREN of #Germany 🇩🇪
🔗 ow.ly/ZzZb50X8SSX
#MusicTech #DigitalHealth #Innovation
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#MusicTech #DigitalHealth #Innovation
The power of music: Ligeti Center marries music and tech - In The Field
Discover how Hamburg’s Ligeti Center, with support from DFN, blends music, technology, and healthcare to create healing soundscapes and networked performances.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
🎶 The Ligeti Center in Hamburg is bringing together music, science, healthcare, and IT to turn #research into real-world benefits, backed by the high-speed X-WiN network from #DFN, the #NREN of #Germany 🇩🇪
🔗 ow.ly/ZzZb50X8SSX
#MusicTech #DigitalHealth #Innovation
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#MusicTech #DigitalHealth #Innovation
🕹️ #Researchers at #Japan 🇯🇵 #NREN #NICT found that a short 7-minute virtual reality (VR) “flight” can reduce both physical and self-reported fear of heights.
Read the full story at ow.ly/G5YL50X7sPJ
#VR #MentalHealth #Research
Read the full story at ow.ly/G5YL50X7sPJ
#VR #MentalHealth #Research
Virtual flying reduces fear of heights - In The Field
A Japanese study shows that short VR “flights” can ease symptoms of acrophobia, offering a promising alternative to traditional exposure therapy.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
🕹️ #Researchers at #Japan 🇯🇵 #NREN #NICT found that a short 7-minute virtual reality (VR) “flight” can reduce both physical and self-reported fear of heights.
Read the full story at ow.ly/G5YL50X7sPJ
#VR #MentalHealth #Research
Read the full story at ow.ly/G5YL50X7sPJ
#VR #MentalHealth #Research
🎓 A new study mapped #Africa’s open science landscape, focusing on Diamond Open Access journals, free for both authors & readers. 75% face financial strain, often run by volunteers. Support from #NRENs like WACREN is vital.
🔗 ow.ly/2YuP50X5nVm #OpenScience #AfricaResearch
🔗 ow.ly/2YuP50X5nVm #OpenScience #AfricaResearch
Africa’s open science landscape mapped - In The Field
Open access journals in Africa boost research visibility but struggle to survive
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October 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
🎓 A new study mapped #Africa’s open science landscape, focusing on Diamond Open Access journals, free for both authors & readers. 75% face financial strain, often run by volunteers. Support from #NRENs like WACREN is vital.
🔗 ow.ly/2YuP50X5nVm #OpenScience #AfricaResearch
🔗 ow.ly/2YuP50X5nVm #OpenScience #AfricaResearch
🌱 In #LatinAmerica, 100+ blockchain solutions are boosting resilience, from helping smallholder farmers to #FoodSecurity & transparency. Powered by #LACNet, regional #NREN @RedCLARA, and #LACNIC, reaching 9M+ people in 23 countries.
🔗 ow.ly/l00W50X3ory #ClimateAction
🔗 ow.ly/l00W50X3ory #ClimateAction
Empowering farmers in Latin America with blockchain - In The Field
Besides enhancing the business opportunities for smallholder farmers, the solution also assists them in adapting to climate change.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
🌱 In #LatinAmerica, 100+ blockchain solutions are boosting resilience, from helping smallholder farmers to #FoodSecurity & transparency. Powered by #LACNet, regional #NREN @RedCLARA, and #LACNIC, reaching 9M+ people in 23 countries.
🔗 ow.ly/l00W50X3ory #ClimateAction
🔗 ow.ly/l00W50X3ory #ClimateAction
Delft University of Technology is using the #Snellius #supercomputer operated by #NREN of the #Netherlands 🇳🇱 @itcooperativesurf.bsky.social to help develop quieter aircraft, drones, and wind turbines to decrease sound pollution.
🔗 ow.ly/9Y5p50WUUGc
#HPC #Supercomputing #Innovation #NoiseReduction
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#HPC #Supercomputing #Innovation #NoiseReduction
Supercomputer helps to decrease sound pollution - In The Field
Because only supercomputers like Snellius can handle the massive calculations needed to study noise from aircraft and wind turbines, researchers come to SURF
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September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Delft University of Technology is using the #Snellius #supercomputer operated by #NREN of the #Netherlands 🇳🇱 @itcooperativesurf.bsky.social to help develop quieter aircraft, drones, and wind turbines to decrease sound pollution.
🔗 ow.ly/9Y5p50WUUGc
#HPC #Supercomputing #Innovation #NoiseReduction
🔗 ow.ly/9Y5p50WUUGc
#HPC #Supercomputing #Innovation #NoiseReduction