The power of earth observation
Digital Earth Africa is helping to build a better future for Africa and NRENs are playing a critical role in making this happen.
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Remote education relieves second wave of COVID in Nepal
Member institutions and other public academic institutes including government schools used Zoom to operate online classes.
Distance learning revolution in Bangladesh
The national research and education network of Bangladesh has assisted its member institutions in setting up online education and conferencing services in response to the global pandemic.
Quantum computing predicts Finnish housing prices
A project involving Finland’s research and education network is working on a new tool for complex calculations.
International collaboration challenges and solutions for Ukraine’s particle physicists
For Ukrainian researchers at Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, planned changes to the Large Hadron Collider will bring a challenge. But a new ‘spectrum’ digital highway provided by URAN and the EU-funded EaPConnect project offers a ‘future-proofed’ solution.
The week that brought Sri Lanka e-learning
Networks collaborate to deploy online learning technology to the research and education community during the pandemic
How astronomers are making the universe feel smaller
While astronomers tackle the largest research area possible – the entire universe beyond the Earth’s atmosphere – just a few telescopes around the world provide much of the data they study to uncover the secrets of the universe’s celestial objects.
Singapore and Finland collaborate to fight COVID-19 digitally
A new partnership will strengthen the use of supercomputers to find treatments and monitor how the COVID-19 pandemic spreads.
Gold-containing particles target cancer
Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have shown that gold nanoclusters are well suited for delivery of drugs specifically to cancer cells.
Accelerating New Zealand’s climate research
“The ability to share our data comes from the interconnection between the HPC and the network,” says climate scientist Dr Jonny Williams.
A silver lining to COVID-19 in South Africa
For the national research and education network of South Africa, WhatsApp groups are the go-to tool for communicating with institutions during the pandemic.
European cities share experiences on sustainability
Colibri, a service developed by the Portuguese national research & education network hosted a knowledge exchange on urban sustainability involving 161 European cities