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SGI signified the go-go dot-com era

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It looks like it's RIP for SGI.





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Master Control Equipment installed at Fuji TV

Toshiba, SGI Japan Develops the World's First Full HD File-Base Program Broadcasting Systems

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation and SGI Japan, Ltd. today announced that they have developed full HD file-based TV program broadcasting systems and core broadcasting systems, including master control equipment. A terrestrial ...


World's biggest heart model simulated

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from the Université de Montréal have used a supercomputer to conduct the largest-ever mathematical simulation of the electrical activity of a human heart – a 2 billion element model – to provide new insight into ...


Fallen star SGI to sell most assets for $25M

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created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Silicon Graphics Inc. will sell the remaining shreds of its fraying franchise to Rackable Systems Inc. for $25 million, punctuating the downfall of a former high-tech star that once dazzled investors and customers ...


Uterine stem cells create new neurons that can curb Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The injection of uterine stem cells trigger growth of new brain cells in mice with Parkinson’s disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in an abstract presented at the 2008 Society for Gynecologic Investigation ...


Hormone that controls hunger and appetite also linked to reduced fertility

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created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that in-utero exposure to the hormone grhelin, a molecule that controls appetite and hunger and nutrition, can result in decreased fertility and fewer offspring.


PNNL, SGI to team on storage technology development for data-intensive computing

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created Jun 24, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Project aims to accelerate scientific research by shifting computation of large data to storage devices The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) today announced a research alliance aimed at ...


Study shows why synthetic estrogens wreak havoc on reproductive system

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created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine now have a clearer understanding of why synthetic estrogens such as those found in many widely-used plastics have a detrimental effect on a developing fetus, cause fertility problems, ...


The mystery of young stars near black holes solved

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 1

The mystery of how young stars can form within the deep gravity of black holes has been solved by a team of astrophysicists at the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh.


Strange molecule in the sky cleans acid rain, scientists discover

Strange molecule in the sky cleans acid rain, scientists discover

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created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (48) | comments 9

Researchers have discovered an unusual molecule that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. It's the unusual chemistry facilitated ...


NASA Supercomputer Ranks Among World's Fastest

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's premiere supercomputer located at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered the sixth spot on the Top500 list of the world's most powerful computers.



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