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First jaguar photo taken at Smithsonian Research Station in Panama

First jaguar photo taken at Smithsonian Research Station in Panama

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Barro Colorado Island in Panama, home of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's premier tropical biology field station, has been described as the best-studied piece of tropical real estate in the western ...


DOE's Oak Ridge supercomputer now world's fastest for open science

DOE's Oak Ridge supercomputer now world's fastest for open science

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 0

The latest upgrade to the Cray XT Jaguar supercomputer at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has increased the system's computing power to a peak 1.64 "petaflops," or ...





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U.S. opts out of jaguar recovery plan

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created Jan 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The U.S. government has opted out of a recovery plan for jaguars, one of the largest and rarest cat species in North America.


Jaguar Camera Trap

Big cats, wild pigs and short-eared dogs -- oh, my!

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created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released photos today from the first large-scale census of jaguars in the Amazon region of Ecuador—one of the most biologically rich regions on the planet.


Jaguar Leaps into Luxury of Bluetooth Wireless Technology

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created Mar 14, 2005 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Motorola, Inc. and Jaguar announced the availability of the Jaguar Bluetooth system – a new hands-free in-vehicle communication system using Bluetooth wireless technology – across all Jaguar 2005 model year vehicles. Once a J ...


Jaguars seen in Southwestern U.S.

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created Oct 10, 2006 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Male jaguars are reportedly crossing into the Southwestern United States from Mexico, often using the same routes as drug smugglers.


Jaguar upgrade brings ORNL closer to petascale computing

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created May 15, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Upgrades to Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Jaguar supercomputer have more than doubled its performance, increasing the system’s ability to deliver far-reaching advances in climate studies, energy research, and a wide range ...


Central America Agrees to Jaguar Corridor

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created May 24, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A group of environment ministers representing the seven nations of Central America and Mexico have agreed to establish a network of protected areas and wildlife corridors to safeguard jaguar populations, according to the ...


Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' supercomputer is World's fastest

Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' supercomputer is World's fastest

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 2

An upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the Department of Energy has made the "Jaguar" supercomputer the world's fastest. Located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jaguar is ...


Chairman of IBM Germany Martin Jetter (left) with other officials in front of the "Jugene" supercomputer

Europe's fastest supercomputer unveiled in Germany

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created May 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

A new supercomputer with the power of 50,000 home PCs -- the fastest in Europe and the third worldwide -- was unveiled on Tuesday in Germany.


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Oak Ridge supercomputer is the world's fastest for science

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created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 1

A Cray XT high-performance computing system at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the world's fastest supercomputer for science. The annual ranking of the world's top 500 computers ...


Can feces save the species?

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created May 12, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

It’s a tough job, but somebody, or at least some dogs, have to do it. In the Cerrado region of Brazil, four dogs trained to detect animal feces by scent are helping researchers monitor rare and threatened wildlife such as ...



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