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November 2009

Times Online: Cat licked, now computers tackle human brain (11.20.09)

Xinhua: IBM reports progress in creating brain-like computer (11.19.09)

Associated Press: IBM takes a (feline) step toward thinking machines (11.19.09)

Top News: IBM researchers announce "Blue Matter" - software platform for neuroscience modeling(11.19.09)

San Jose Mercury News: IBM announces advances toward a computer that works like a human brain (11.19.09)

TechNews World: IBM Researchers Go Way Beyond AI With Cat-Like Cognitive Computing (11.19.09)

SF Examiner: Supercomputer Moves Closer to Emulating Workings of the Human Brain (11.19.09)

The Register: Nuke labs show the future of hybrid computing (11.19.09)

Earth Times: Networking Leaders Demonstrate 100 Gigabit per Second Throughput (11.18.09)

Alibaba.com: IBM's Cat-Brain Breakthrough (11.18.09)

United Press International: IBM reports cognitive computing advances (11.18.09)

The Register: IBM lab builds computerized cat brain (11.18.09)

Network Computing: Energy-Efficient DataCenter Designs (11.17.09)

HPC Wire: Networking Leaders Demo 100 Gigabit per Second Throughput (11.16.09)

HPC Wire: Leading Scientific Innovators Select Convey's Hybrid-Core Systems (11.16.09)

SF Business Times: Lawrence Berkeley Lab buys IBM server for cloud project (11.16.09)

AMERITRADE: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research (11.16.09)

Barron's: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research (11.16.09)

Kansas City.com: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research (11.16.09)

Trading Markets: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research (11.16.09)

CNN Money: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research (11.16.09)

MSN Money: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research (11.16.09)

Fox Business: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research (11.16.09)

EarthTimes.org: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research (11.16.09)

PR Newswire: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research (11.16.09)

SF Business Times: Help wanted: Bay Area labs seek to fill 500 jobs (11.13.09)

Space Daily: Rapid Supernova Could Be New Class Of Exploding Star (11.09.09)

Daily Californian: UC Berkeley Scientists Find New Class of Supernovae (11.09.09)

Search Cloud Computing.Com: U.S. government explores limits of cloud and virtualization (11.09.09)

The Epoch Times: Unusual Explosion Sparks New Insight Into the Life of Stars (11.08.09)

Correio Braziliense: nternet se consolida como uma das mais importantes revolucoes do ultimo seculo (11.06.09)

United Press International: Unique supernova found in constellation (11.06.09)

SF Gate: Supernova fits into a new class (11.06.09)

Eureka Alert: New type of supernova explosion reported; predicted by theoretical physicists (11.05.09)

LittleAbout.com: Unusual supernova may be new type of exploding star (11.05.09)

Thaindian News: Unusual supernova may be new type of exploding star (11.03.09)

Daily India.Com: Unusual supernova may be new type of exploding star (11.03.09)

insideHPC: State of the Art Climate Modeling Research at NERSC (11.02.09)

MultiCoreInfo.com: NERSC Uses Stimulus Funds to Overcome Software Challenges for Scientific Computing(11.01.09)

October 2009

Supercomputing Online: NERSC Uses Stimulus Funds to Overcome Software Challenges for Scientific Computing (10.30.09)

HPC Wire: NERSC Uses Stimulus Funds to Overcome Software Challenges for Scientific Computing (10.30.09)

The Register: Cray has ups and downs in Q3 (10.30.09)

GCN: DOE Explores Cloud Computing for Big Science (10.23.09)

InformationWeek: Government Technologist: Energy's $32 Million Cloud Experiment (10.21.09)

Lab Manager Magazine: Government Technologist: DOE Labs to Expand Cloud Computing (10.20.09)

Data Storage Connection: DOE To Explore Scientific Cloud Computing At Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories (10.20.09)

Inside HPC: The U.S. Department of Energy's Role in Climate Research (10.19.09)

Daily Californian: Campus Researchers to Launch Study on Cloud Computing (10.19.09)

NY Times: The Science of Spending Stimulus Money Wisely (10.17.09)

WTN News: US Dept. of Energy to Spend $32 Million on Cloud Computing (10.16.09)

The Register UK: US Boffins Use Obama Dough to Study Clouds(10.16.09)

DataCetner Dynamics: Can Science be Done in the Cloud? (10.15.09)

Nanotechnology Now: DOE to explore scientific cloud computing at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories (10.14.09)

IT World: What kind of cloud computing project would you build with $32M? (10.14.09)

Network World: What kind of cloud computing project would you build with $32M? (10.14.09)

VizWorld: VisWeek2009: VisIt Tutorial From Hank Childs and Sean Ahern (10.14.09)

PhysOrg.Com: DOE to Explore Scientific Cloud Computing at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories (10.14.09)

Bio-Medicine: DOE to Explore Scientific Cloud Computing at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories (10.14.09)

Eureka Alert: DOE to explore scientific cloud computing at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratories
(10.14.09)

Supercomputing Online: Argonne, NERSC Team to Study Cloud Computing (10.14.09)

NanoWerk: DOE to Explore Scientific Cloud Computing at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratories
(10.14.09)

Slashdot: What Kind of Cloud Computing Project Costs $32M? (10.14.09)

San Francisco Chronicle: What Kind of Cloud Computing Project Would You Build With $32M? (10.14.09)

United Press international: Cloud Computing Science Capability Studied (10.14.09)

PR Web: DOE to Explore Scientific Cloud Computing at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratories
(10.14.09)

Ethopian Review: DOE to Explore Scientific Cloud Computing (10.14.09)

Greenbang: US Seeks to Tap Cloud Computing for Climate Change (10.14.09)

Computer World: What Kind of Cloud Computing Project Would You Build With $32M? (10.14.09)

Business Times: Lawrence Berkeley Lab scores $16M Stimulus Funding for Cloud Computing Study (10.14.09)

HPC Wire: DOE Labs to Build Science Clouds (10.14.09)

ISGTW: Feature - Supercomputing Code Helps Develop New Solar Cells(10.14.09)

Reuters: FedSources Releases "Agency Drivers" for the United States Department of Energy (10.13.09)

Yahoo! Finance: FedSources Releases "Agency Drivers" for the United States Department of Energy (10.13.09)

SV Tech Talk: Danskere Får Adgang Til Californisk Supercomputers (10.09.09)

Hispanic Business Magazine: Profiles From the Top 100 influentials (10.08.09)

SIAM: Juan Meza named one of 100 influentials of 2009 by Hispanic Business Magazine (10.07.09)

Discovery Channel: Anatomy of a Dying Star (10.07.09)

MSNBC: Anatomy of a Dying Star (10.07.09)

AAS Career Profiles: Cecilia Aragon Flying High
(10.2.09)

Forbes.com: How Stars Explode (10.1.09)

September 2009

Akro Noticias: El Mayor Almacén de Datos Científicos del Mundo (9.27.09)

Popular Science: The First Full 3-D Model of a Star Going Supernova (9.24.09)

United Press international: Physicists simulate star's final hours (9.23.09)

TG Daily: Astrophysicists simulate a star's final hours (9.23.09)

Science Daily: Computer Code Gives Astrophysicists First Full Simulation Of Star's Final Hours (9.23.09)

Science Blog: Computer Code Gives Astrophysicists First Full Simulation of Star's Final Hours (9.22.09)

HPCwire: Supercomputer Simulation Reveals Star's Final Hours (9.22.09)

HPCwire: ESnet Honored as One of Top 10 Government IT innovators (9.16.09)

Symmetry Magazine: IThe internet at 100 gigabits per second (9.16.09)

informationWeek Government Spotlights ESnet as an IT innovator (9.15.09)

OneStopClick: High-speed Ethernet circuits 'enjoying growth' (9.09.09)

Scientific Computing: Next-gen System to Deliver a Quadrillion Calculations per Second (9.03.09)

Scientific Computing: Berkeley Lab to Develop World’s Fastest Computer Network (9.03.09)

international Science Grid This Week: New batch of science gateways hit the spot (9.02.09)

August 2009

Scientific Computing: Smashing the Trillion Zone Barrier (8.27.09)

IEEE: DCN Gets Ready for Production (8.25.09)

international Science Grid This Week: Recovery Act funds speed up high-speed ethernet (8.19.09)

Softpedia: Planck Starts Observing the Beginning of the Universe
(8.14.09)

The Register UK: Uncle Sam Shells Out $62m for 100GbE
(8.14.09)

ZDNet Asia: Superfast Ethernet project aims for 100Gbps
(8.13.09)

Lab Manager Magazine: Berkeley Lab gets $62M to Build Blazing Ethernet Network
(8.13.09)

Communications of the ACM: Berkeley Lab gets $62M to Build Blazing Ethernet Network
(8.12.09)

CIO: Berkeley Lab gets $62M to Build Blazing Ethernet Network
(8.11.09)

IT News: Berkeley Lab gets $62M to Build Blazing Ethernet Network
(8.11.09)

Network World: Berkeley Lab gets $62M to Build Blazing Ethernet Network
(8.11.09)

Science Daily: New Clues About A Hydrogen Fuel Catalyst
(8.10.09)

Fox Business News: NERSC Awards Supercomputer Contract to Cray (8.03.09)

Marketwire: National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) Awards Supercomputer Contract to Cray (8.03.09)

Financial Content: National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) Awards Supercomputer Contract to Cray (8.03.09)

July 2009

SciTech Trade Newsletters: New Way to Determine Protein Structures Revealed (7.23.09)

HPC Wire: NERSC's Supercomputer Franklin Upgraded to Double Its Scientific Capability (7.21.09)

Eureka Alert: Protien Structures Revealed at Record Pace (7.20.09)

HPC Wire: SGI Secures Top Rankings on TOP500 List (7.07.09)


June 2009

Universe Today: New Sky Survey To Catch Exploding Stars in The Act (6.25.09)

HPC Wire: Argonne Technology Enables High-Speed Data Transfer (6.18.09)

HPC Wire: TOP500 List Announced in Hamburg (6.23.09)

Singh Today- Online News: Unique Sky Survey to Reveal New Classes of Astronomical Objects (6.16.09)

Palomar Skies : What Does a Transient Look Like? (6.16.09)

insciences.org : NERSC Helps Expose Cosmic Transients (6.15.09)

Eureka Alert: NERSC Helps Expose Cosmic Transients (6.15.09)

ScienceXpress: NERSC Helps Expose Cosmic Transients
(6.15.09)

Supercomputing Online: NERSC Helps Expose Cosmic Transients
(6.15.09)

Portal to the Universe: NERSC Helps Expose Cosmic Transients
(6.15.09)

First Science News: NERSC Helps Expose Cosmic Transients
(6.15.09)

GCN: On internet2, The Future is Fast-Forward
(6.13.09)

HPC Wire: DOE Researchers Test Limits of Visualization Tool
(6.10.09)

May 2009


HPC Wire:Speeding Up Data Transfers Between DOE Facilities
(6.18.09)

April 2009

Astronomy Report: Deep Sky Project Provides a Portal into Data Universe (4.03.09)

HPC Wire: Cray Supers at Forefront of Earth Science Research (4.01.09)

Register UK: US Atom Boffins: Our Cloud Makes Sky Easier to See (4.01.09)

March 2009

Eureka Alert: NERSC's Deep Sky Project Provides a Portal into Data Universe (3.31.09)

Primeur: NERSC's Deep Sky Project Provides a Portal into Data Universe (3.30.09)


February 2009

Reuters: Juniper Networks Powers U.S. Department of Energy`s ESnet Network Supporting Global Research(2.11.09)

Januray 2009

HPC Wire: UCSD Researchers Visualize Cultural Patterns(1.12.09)