A Sampling of Clips for
April 11, 2003
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Itanium gets supercomputing
software
Business Week, Apr. 11 – Researchers
at the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure
have built full Itanium support into software called NPACI Rocks
that can be used to assemble supercomputers out of clusters
of Linux computers. Itanium is Intel's high-end processor. The
software makes it easier to install the Linux operating system
on numerous computers despite differences between each machine.
The move will make it easier for Rocks users to add Itanium
systems into clusters that use the other chips, according to
Philip Papadopoulos, program director for the
San Diego Supercomputing Center's grid and
cluster computing group. The software is being used at a host
of academic and government sites, including the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/996357.htm
Article also appeared in:
CNet
News.com, Apr. 10
http://news.com.com/2100-1012-996357.html
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in:
ZDNet
UK News, Apr. 11
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2133303,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage
TechWeb,
Apr. 10
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030410S0008
The Science Show
Science Show (Australia), Apr. 5 –
Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio program “The
Science Show” featured 4 University of California,
San Diego stories. An interview with Michael
J. Sailor, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry
at UCSD titled Smart Dust; Frieder
Seible, dean of Jacobs School of Engineering at UCSD
titled Quake-proofing Buildings; Robert A. Burhans,
Curator at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
titled Secrets of the Seahorse; and David Woodruff,
Chair, Department Ecology, Behavior & Evolution at UCSD
titled Another Elephant Species.
UCSD's Smart Dust and Quake Proofing
Buildings available at:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/
UCSD's
Elephant DNA and Birch Aquarium's Secrets of the Seahorse available
at:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/index/index.htm
UCSD symposium
examines security
SDNews, Apr. 3 – The San Diego
Regional Chamber of Commerce, County of San Diego, Department
of the Navy, University of California, San Diego,
and SDSU sponsored a regional workshop on Homeland Security
at the UCSD Price Center to discuss whether
we can maintain “economic vitality and security”
if another terrorist attack occurs
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Reflective
polymer makes light work for doctors
The Engineer, Apr. 4 – Researchers
at the University of California have developed a biodegradable
polymer implant capable of reflecting light that will allow
doctors to monitor the healing of stitched wounds or the delivery
of drugs. Since porous silicon is not readily accepted by human
tissue because it is too rigid and can corrode, the team led
by University of California, San Diego professor
of chemistry Michael J. Sailor has created
a material that is flexible, biocompatible and robust but with
the same optical properties as silicon.
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