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The View From The TOP500
The TOP500 list may have begun almost as an accident, but it has nonetheless come to shape the way we think about supercomputers. Supercomputing Asia catches up with the co-originator of the list, Jack Dongarra, to find out more about its past, present and future.
Supercomputers Take To The Sea
The advent of powerful supercomputers represents a sea change for computational fluid dynamics, a field which is helping scientists and engineers demystify the inner workings of the ocean.
Riding The HPC Wave
Supercomputers are useful in practically every stage of the oil production process. Here are five ways they play a role in the oil and gas industry.
Removing Heavy Metals From Water Using Moss
Scientists in Japan have discovered that the moss Funaria hygrometrica can remove lead from water.
2017 Officially The Warmest Year On Record
Global ocean heat content, a robust indicator of global warming, reached its highest recorded levels in 2017.
Methane From Indian Livestock Adds To Global Warming
Better livestock management can reduce atmospheric methane levels, a new study suggests.
The High Returns Of Reconciling Theory And Data
Measures of profitability should ideally be both rooted in theory and backed by empirical data, said Professor John Core, keynote speaker at the SMU SOAR Accounting Symposium 2017.
Feeling A City’s Economic Pulse
A city’s inherent interconnectedness means that people, businesses, buildings and transport networks can have far-reaching, sometimes unexpected impacts on one another, said experts at the 2017 SMU Conference on Urban and Regional Economics.
The New Rules Of Digital Trade
With the internet and emerging digital technologies transforming global trade, is there a need for new laws to regulate this rapidly evolving landscape? A panel of experts discussed this question at SMU’s conference on digital trade.
