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Networking of galactic proportions to uncover the mysteries of the universe

The skies of Latin America have captivated stargazers for centuries. Today, the landscape is dotted with many of the world’s most advanced and important regional, national and international observatories, providing forefront access to the heavens and beyond – enabling groundbreaking research to advance our knowledge of the universe.

Astronomy
CEDIA (Ecuador) | Europe | GÉANT (Europe) | Latin America | RedCLARA (Latin America) | REUNA (Chile) | RNP (Brazil) |

Protecting the Earth from hazardous asteroids

On 19 April 2017 the ‘Rock’ asteroid made an uncomfortably close pass to Earth – the closest in 400 years. The first step to protecting against such hazards is to monitor them to calculate their precise orbits; this requires fast, reliable internet connections so that the huge volumes of observation data involved can be sent speedily and reliably to researchers around the world for analysis.

Astronomy
CAREN (Central Asia) | Central Asia | Europe | GÉANT (Europe) | Internet2 (USA) | North America | TARENA (Tajikistan) |

Harnessing Turkmenistan’s sunshine

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.

Energy Environment
CAREN (Central Asia) | Central Asia | DFN (Germany) | Europe | FCCN (Portugal) | FCT | GÉANT (Europe) | TuRENA (Turkmenistan) |

Driving the bioinformatics revolution in life sciences

The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) near Cambridge, UK, distributes datasets worldwide using R&E connectivity. This biological data enables the discovery of new drugs, new diagnostics and increasingly new agro-chemicals. The Institute’s work, which includes the 1000 Genomes Project, has generated petabytes of data and this growth is showing no signs of abating.

Genomics Health & Medicine
Europe | GÉANT (Europe) | Jisc (United Kingdom) |

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