Partners fall out over supercomputer bid

Article Abstract:

General Atomics (GA) and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have broken their partnership that managed the San Diego Supercomputer Center. The split occurred due to competition for a new grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to link supercomputers. For meeting the NSF's goals, UCSD seeks to develop a broad network of partners, capitalizing on the use of supercomputers, which reduces GA's role to a computer operator with limited powers. Both have submitted competing proposals for the next round of NSF funding in October 1997.

Science and technology policy, Federal aid to research, Government aid to research, General Atomics, University of California (San Diego), San Diego Supercomputer Center

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NSF aims to inject more maths into biology

Article Abstract:

The US National Science Foundation wants biologists to use more statistical and mathematical techniques in their grant proposals. The Quantitative Environmental and Integrative Biology initiative has an initial budget of $3 million, but future support could reach $100 million.

Usage, Finance, Powers and duties, Statistics, Statistics (Data), Biological research, Mathematics

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Fruitfly centre spreads its wings

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The National Drosophila Species Stock Center, formerly based at Ohio's Bowling Green State University, is transferring its operations to the University of Arizona, Tuscon, where it is hoped the world's main supplier of fruitflies will expand and improve customer services.

National Drosophila Species Stock Center

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