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As Open Source Goes Mainstream, Institutions Collaborate Differently

Alex Howard | TechRepublic | November 14, 2014

18F has quietly become the bleeding edge of the US federal government's adoption of open source software. Read about the benefits and challenges of open source going mainstream...

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Is It Time to Purchase Your Own Quantum Computer?

I want to talk about quantum computing – and why healthcare needs to looking ahead to it. Let’s start with this: for the low, low price of $5,000, you could have your very own quantum computer.  Spin Q Technology, a Chinese company, has recently introduced its Spin Q, a less expensive, less powerful version of its Spin Q Gemini, which went for $50,000.  Other quantum computers, such as those by Google, IBM, or D-Wave, have a few more zeroes in their price.  Spin Q Technology has a clear goal in offering this version:We believe that low-cost portable quantum computer products will facilitate hands-on experience for teaching quantum computing at all levels, well-prepare younger generations of students and researchers for the future of quantum technologies."

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ORiGAMI Folds in Open-Source Functionality, Named a Finalist for R&D 100 Awards

Press Release | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | October 18, 2016

Staff members involved in high-performance computing at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) stand at the intersection of many scientific disciplines and try to create computational innovations that impact as many of those disciplines as possible. Over the last several years, an ORNL team led by Sreenivas Rangan Sukumar, former group leader for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Advanced Data and Workflow Group, has been developing a computational tool for connecting the dots between disparate medical discoveries recorded in the literature...

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US Department of Energy Increases Access to Results of DOE-funded Scientific Research

Press Release | US Department of Energy | August 4, 2014

The U.S. Department of Energy is introducing new measures to increase access to scholarly publications and digital data resulting from Department-funded research. The Energy Department has launched the Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science – PAGES – a web-based portal that will provide free public access to accepted peer-reviewed manuscripts or published scientific journal articles within 12 months of publication. Read More »