Searching for answers to the contradictions of our time
The Ars Electronica Festival 2022 saw scientists, activists, artists, creators and the general public visit Planet B to consider the future.
Europe
Making cross-border cancer research collaboration safe and secure
SURF’s Research Cloud makes cutting-edge collaborative cancer research faster, more cost-effective and more impactful.
Relief ahead for dry irritated eyes with help from supercomputing
Gazing into computer screens for hours contributes to millions of people suffering from dry eye syndrome. Backed by supercomputing, Finnish researchers suggest better eye drop treatment.
The science behind a cycling victory
When Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard triumphed in the 2022 edition of the world’s largest cycling event, the Tour de France, supercomputing played a part. Wind tunnel trials helped his Jumbo Visma team optimize aerodynamics.
Mapping Europe’s wind energy resource
In a world craving renewable and zero-carbon energy, the economic and societal importance of wind power has become huge.
Enabling researchers to reuse sensitive biomedical data
CSC has recently developed new services for sensitive data management for research so that data from more patients can be shared and analysed to fast-track discoveries.
Supercomputing takes cancer research to a new level
While a variety of genetic factors are known to play major roles in relation to cancer, the specific pathways still largely remain to be discovered. This is the main scope of computational biology.
Applying virtual reality technology to improve body image
Researchers in the BODYinTRANSIT project are studying how Body Transformation Experiences (BTE), or perceptual illusions of body change, can be engineered, to create the illusion of being something different than what they are in reality.
Empowerment through e-learning
Within six weeks after the introduction of COVID-19 lockdowns in March 2020, university education in Sri Lanka returned in a digital format.