Technology and tenacity in the Himalayas
NREN engineers and ICIMOD researchers used wireless sensors at high altitude to monitor glacial melt and lake growth, improving climate data from remote Himalayan regions.
Asia Pacific
Stronger disaster response for the Philippines
A national emergency alert system in the Philippines now delivers warnings in local languages and reaches millions via mobile phones and radio to improve disaster preparedness.
Efficient data transfer boosts genomic research for Australian laboratory
AARNet and Globus helped Australia’s BRF move multi-terabyte genomic datasets quickly and securely to collaborators, accelerating research and analysis workflows.
A superconductive platform for quantum computing
A Japanese research consortium involving NICT and partners has developed a 64-qubit quantum computer based on superconductivity.
The Philippines rolls out academic roaming
eduroam is now available at university campuses in The Phillipines, allowing students, researchers, and staff of the participating institutions to connect to the internet at their own campus and when they visit other partner universities and institutions worldwide.
Asia-Pacific networks power live 3D video performance between Tokyo and Sydney
Research and education networks in the Asia Pacific collaborated to provide the ‘SuperSpeed’ network to deliver an interactive live volumetric video performance between Sydney and Tokyo at SIGGRAPH Asia 2023.
Breakthrough in detection of photons
Observation of processes inside live cells, optical communication in deep space, and quantum computers are examples of applications which will benefit from a new Japanese technological achievement.
Breakthrough in post-quantum cyber-security
Collaborating to develop the world’s first smart card systems able to withstand even quantum computer attacks.
Robotic telesurgery across international boundaries
Through the cooperation of multiple networks, three different international redundant routes were established between the two sites and created a highly robust telesurgery environment.