GÉANT and the SKA – an astronomical collaboration
The Square Kilometre Array, known as the SKA, will become the world’s biggest radio telescope, surveying the sky ten thousand times faster than ever before.
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What does Mars sound like? Turning the red planet’s data into music
Ever wondered what the planets sound like? The Mars Soundscapes project uses sonification to transform data from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, and images from rovers, Curiosity and Opportunity.
Supporting medical examinations in Moldova
RENAM has provided 2 DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) portals and 6 DICOM servers to handle the generation, storage and usage of medical images, which has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nordic boom in distance learning
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the number of distance learning users in the Nordic countries has risen dramatically.
Boosting the vitality of the Belarusian language
The survival and development of the Belarusian language has been boosted by the work of the Speech Synthesis and Recognition Laboratory at the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Supporting distance learning with eduMEET in Ukraine
Within the first week eduMEET became a popular tool and is now attracting up to 120 users per day.
Predicting climate change impacts in Georgia
Natural disasters have intensified in recent years, causing substantial damage to infrastructure, farmland and people’s lives, with research more critical than ever to improving disaster preparedness.
Open source for distance learning thanks to the iorestoacasa.work initiative
GARR makes free web conference resources available that will particularly help schools with providing distance learning during the COVID-19 emergency.
Dutch nursing instructors are keen on open education
The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic enhances value of open education tools for Dutch nurses.