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Keeping tabs on forests
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In the wake of the recent U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen, the United States and five other nations have pledged $3.5 billion to preserve forests.
In their own element
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For months last year, U chemistry instructor Michelle Driessen dreaded the lectures for her fall 2009 class, Introductory Chemistry. It
Blade runner
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In the basement of Walter Library, the machines of the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for Advanced Computational Research (MSI) are doing work that would make most people’s heads spin. Work to the tune of trillions of calculations per second, and work that benefits more than 4,000 active users.
Technology day camp gives kids hands-on experience
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Twenty students in fifth through eighth grades gained hands-on technology experience this summer at a fun-filled day camp that is the brainchild of University of Minnesota graduate students.
Open house addresses data mining's challenges
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Jaideep Svistava of the University’s computer science and engineering department, shows how difficult it can be to mine nuggets of meaning from the mountains of data being generated and stored in databases.
Researchers build 3-D mapping system
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This summer a team of University researchers is using a state-of-the-art 3-D laser to scan sections of downtown Minneapolis, including such landmarks as Walker Art Center. The researchers are building a three-dimensional mapping system that