http://www.silicon.com Results for astronomy en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60553629p,00.htm Beijing Planetarium is a leader in public astronomy and one of Beijing's most popular attractions, with a digital space theater, three-dimensional and four-dimensional theaters, and two observatories. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:23:33 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39366038,00.htm The Allen Telescope Array is a joint project between Seti and UC Berkeley's Astronomy department, and it is funded largely by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The Hat Creek Radio Observatory, in Northern California, is home to the Allen Telescope... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:36:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39340610,00.htm The main tool for this research, he added, could be the Allen Telescope Array, a project funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and run by the UC Berkeley radio astronomy lab (RAL) and Seti. A senior Seti astronomer believes advances in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:38:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60461806p,00.htm Astronomy is a natural fit with digital technologies - CCDs, image processing, super computer applications, simulations, etc. "Digital learning resources" are the latest craze in the instructional technology community. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2008/don-grice-39295132.htm Roadrunner ensures the safety and reliability of the US's nuclear weapons stockpile, as well as enables research into astronomy, energy, human genome science and climate change. IBM lifer Don Grice is chief engineer of Big Blue's $100m Roadrunner... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:30:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60446369p,00.htm The astronomy datasets with tens of millions of galaxies already present substantial challenges for data mining. Science is becoming very data intensive. In less than 10 years the catalogs are expected to grow to billions of objects, and image... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39271401,00.htm He explained: "Even in a field like astronomy, it's not just looking through an eyepiece but testing theories, and software lets you do that. As software gets more powerful, privacy issues pose "an interesting software challenge", said Microsoft... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:07:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39244957,00.htm The computer will also be used for research into astronomy, energy, human genome science and climate change, IBM said in a statement. Computing giant IBM has built a supercomputer that can operate at one petaflop - 1,000 trillion floating point... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:42:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39243419,00.htm Not all of that 128MHz comes from the digital switchover itself - 8MHz will come from clearing aeronautical radar from "channel 36", and 8MHz "will be cleared as a result of the decision by the authorities responsible for UK's radio astronomy to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:30:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39221426,00.htm Our hope is that it will inspire young people to explore astronomy and science, and help researchers in their quest to better understand the universe. Microsoft has launched its WorldWide Telescope, a free web-based program that allows web surfers... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 14 May 2008 08:56:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60349776p,00.htm Such massive information stores are often found in research applications (such as biology, medicine, physics, and astronomy) and government agencies (such as the IRS, Department of Defense, and Department of Labor). editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:02:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39169766,00.htm The new framework aims to make it easier to recognise locations that played an important role in engineering and technology, astronomy and the physical and biological sciences. They may have transformed man's understanding of the universe but the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:48:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39168416,00.htm This is the Orion nebula - one of astronomy's most photogenic celestial objects and a hotbed of star formation. Pictured is the 'Big Dipper' or 'Plough' constellation - depending on what side of the Atlantic you're from. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:16:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60292579p,00.htm That's precisely the challenge facing ASTRON, the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy. To be prepared for the future, it's essential to have a detailed understanding of the past. The institute wanted to continue its pioneering work in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 25 May 2007 01:00:35 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39166751,00.htm The Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (Casu) - part of the university's Institute of Astronomy - is testing the Kognitio WX2 database system with legacy data. Another advantage of the WX2 is it does away with the lengthy task of indexing... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39164544,00.htm IBM and European astronomy organisation Astron are collaborating on designing a microprocessor that will help antennas collect weak radio signals from deep space, in an attempt to learn what happened at the time of the Big Bang. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:40:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39158680,00.htm The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (Pparc) said on Thursday that it put up a grid computing project, which was originally designed for particle physicists to perform data searches, for an international effort aimed at locating... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 05 May 2006 08:20:04 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,10004147,00.htm On Monday, the RIAA withdrew a DMCA notice to Penn State University's astronomy and astrophysics department. The music industry's antipiracy efforts took an embarrassing turn on Tuesday when the Recording Industry Association of America... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 14 May 2003 09:25:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,11002437,00.htm Cranage Hall conference centre is now obliged to stay in regular contact with Nuffield Radio Astronomy Labs - which runs Jodrell Bank - to try to minimise the problem. A spokesman for the University of Manchester's department of Physics and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:55:00 +0000