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Total Donates High-Speed Computer Cluster
The University of Houston's computer science department is expanding its high-speed computing capabilities thanks to a computer hardware donation from Total, a leading multinational energy company. The donation includes 128 interconnected nodes that occupy four racks of space. more
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Jonathan Snow Leads International Drilling Expedition
From finding the first deep-water hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico to locating the meteorite impact that doomed the dinosaurs, scientific ocean drilling has unlocked some major mysteries. A University of Houston geologist hopes to uncover more such secrets as co-chief scientist on a major international expedition to recover the first-ever drill core from the lower crust of the Pacific Ocean. more
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Fulbright Scholar, Eric Bittner, Tackles Black Holes
As a Fulbright Scholar, Eric Bittner is hoping to accomplish something no one has done before. Among other things on his wish list is to prepare a two-dimensional optical analog of a black hole on a laser table and study some of its properties without actually having to go to outer space to find a real one. more
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