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New Zealand Launches a New Initiative to Supply Recycling Bins at Retail Outlets
Jul 21, 2015The New Zealand Government has launched a new initiative to supply recycling bins at retail outlets to enable consumers to dump the used soft plastic bags for recycling. Initially put on a pilot mode at New World, PAK'nSAVE and The ...
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Astronomers Has Discovered a Pulsar That Is Orbited by Two White Dwarf Stars
Jan 7, 2014An international team of astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) has discovered a pulsar that is orbited by two white dwarf stars. Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that can be used like precision astronomical clocks. This ...
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IBM & ASTRON Are on The Hunt for Scientists to Attend World's Biggest Big Data Challenge
Mar 26, 2013IBM and ASTRON are on the hunt for scientists to take part in what is described as the world’s biggest big data challenge – researching the origins of the universe. The two organisations are inviting professors, scientists and ...
Tags: IBM, computer systems, computer
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Astronomers Building a Kilometer-Sized Radio Telescope
Dec 6, 2012Astronomers building a kilometer-sized radio telescope are depending on 60-year-old magnetic tape technology to store the 1 million GB of data per day they plan to generate. The Square Kilometre Array(SKA)is a radio telescope being built ...
Tags: SKA telescope, exascale computer system, deep-space data, ASTRON, IBM
