FCT | FCCN (Portugal)
Visit WebsiteSubsea cable assists seismic research
Disaster Warning
CESNET (Czech Republic)
DeIC (Denmark)
FCT | FCCN (Portugal)
GÉANT (Europe)
GRENA (Georgia)
GRNET (Greece)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
PIONIER/PSNC (Poland)
PSNC (Poland)
RedCLARA (Latin America)
Sikt (Norway)
Seismic monitoring technology at the Madeira Island, Portugal, allows a submarine optic cable to act as a sensor for seismic activity. This improves the chances of predicting earthquakes and tsunamis.
Portugal: preserving the value of Wikipedia
Arquivo.pt collected all the pages referenced in Portuguese Wikipedia articles, resulting in a new collection containing 12 million files with their links preserved.
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
Coronavirus triggers Portuguese distance learning boom
The academic communities in Portugal have rapidly taken up distance learning services due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Over very short time, the number of daily users has risen from just below 2,000 to more than 60,000.
A universe of digital tools to help school-aged students prepare for University
Education
FCT | FCCN (Portugal)
GARR (Italy)
GÉANT (Europe)
IUCC (Israel)
KIFÜ (Hungary)
LITNET (Lithauania)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
PIONIER/PSNC (Poland)
The Up2University project helps school-aged students prepare for university by making the technology and the methodology that students most likely will be facing at universities available to the secondary school level.
Dear cultural heritage conservationists, please relax – the MOLAB van is on its way
Technology
ACOnet (Austria)
DeIC (Denmark)
DFN (Germany)
FCT | FCCN (Portugal)
GARR (Italy)
GRNET (Greece)
Jisc (United Kingdom)
PIONIER/PSNC (Poland)
RedIRIS (Spain)
RENATER (France)
SURF (Netherlands)
When artworks are too fragile to be moved, you have to come to them. The MOLAB team helps art historians and conservationists study fragile artefacts with hi-tech non-invasive equipment.
Harnessing Turkmenistan’s sunshine
Energy
Environment
CAREN (Central Asia)
DFN (Germany)
FCT | FCCN (Portugal)
GÉANT (Europe)
TuRENA (Turkmenistan)
Developing alternative, greener energy sources is a key priority across the world but many countries don’t have the infrastructure and skills needed to create renewable energy industries from scratch. Technology, and in particular research networks, can help develop these skills, transferring knowledge to build the industry.