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1 hr ago | Science

China's Supercomputer Regains No. 1 Ranking

China has regained the top spot on a list of the world's most powerful supercomputers.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, CPU, Computers, Science, Computer Science, University of Tennessee

11 hrs ago | Lancaster Guardian

Former uni student is made PM of Palestine

Prof Rami Hamdallah, 54, the president of An-Najah National University in the Palestine West Bank city of Nablus since 1998, was appointed to his new role by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, and has been asked to form a new cabinet.

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Related Topix: Palestinian Territories, Middle East, World News, Israel

14 hrs ago | People's Daily Online

NUDT develops world's leading Tianhe-2 supercomputer

The international TOP 500 Organization formally released the new edition of the TOP 500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers during the opening session of the 2013 International Supercomputing Conference in Leipzig of Germany on the afternoon of June 17, Beijing time.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing

Tue Jun 18, 2013

The RiotACT

Danielle Dries takes out the first Peter Sharp Scholarship

Chief Minister and Minister for Health Katy Gallagher, has presented the inaugural Peter Sharp Scholarship to first year Australian National University medical student Danielle Dries.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education

The Guardian

If Julia Gillard isn't safe from the Liberals' sexism, who will be?

If Abbott and his comrades are prepared to reduce Gillard to a "witch" with a "big red box", how do you really think they'll treat the rest of us? Is the sexism which Julia Gillard is facing working as a political tactic? My heart begs no, but reality says yes.

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Related Topix: Julia Gillard

Korea Herald

Health disparity widens between rich and poor: study

Cancer patients from high-income families have a much higher survival rate than their low-income counterparts, a report showed Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health

RobAid

Medang tree provides key to greener chemistry

Researchers at the Research School of Chemistry of the Australian National University , Canberra, discovered that a rare tree found in Malaysia and Borneo holds the secret to greener chemical production.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science

English Dong-A

Teach students Korean history at school

Teach students Korean history at school . JUNE 18, 2013 03:00. . A broadcasting company interviewed teens on the street last month to test their knowledge in history, and the result brought about controversy on the Internet.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia,

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WTVC

Chinese supercomputer named as world's fastest

The semiannual TOP500 official listing of the world's fastest supercomputers says the Tianhe-2 developed by the National University of Defense Technology in Changsha city in central China is capable of sustained computing of 33.86 petaflops per second.

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Related Topix: World News, Science / Technology, China, Asia, High Performance Computing,

Daily Times

Islamabad

Neck and neck competition expected in by-election * PTI likely to field Asad Umar * PML-N's Aqeel Anjum wants another shot but party leaders still in search of 'Mr Right' By Kiyya Qadir Baloch ISLAMABAD: Although there is confusion this time among many people... Religious scholars advocate culture of respect for tolerant society ISLAMABAD: Chairman ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, India,

Jerusalem Post

A look at Rami Hamdallah

I have known Rami Hamdallah for the past 15 years, and have worked side by side with him on academic, international and regional issues.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, Opinion

BBC News

China retakes supercomputer crown

Tianhe-2, developed by the government-run National University of Defence Technology, topped the latest list of the fastest 500 supercomputers, by a team of international researchers.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Computers, World News, Germany, China

Cleveland.com

Gurney Elementary School principal, Rachel Jones will speak at a national convention

Gurney Elementary School Principal, Rachel Jones will be a speaker this month at an annual symposium in San Diego, Calif.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

ABC News

Experts test how fish cope with climate change

Researchers from James Cook University in north Queensland and the Australian National University are hoping to prove mature fish can develop to cope with climate change.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Nation

Three Pakistan varsities among top 200 world institutions

Investment in higher education in Pakistan continues to reap dividends. According to the QS World Universities Rankings 2013, seven universities of Pakistan have won its place in the list of top 250 Asian universities and 3 Pakistani universities are now among the Top 200 World universities in agriculture and forestry.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Asia, Agriculture, Science,

Catallaxy

Helen Hughes, Australia's greatest female economist: 1928-2013

Earlier this evening the Twitter followers of Centre for Independent Studies Executive Director, Greg Lindsay, were sadly informed of the passing of economist Helen Hughes.

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Newkerala.com

Tharoor urges need for quality teaching

New Delhi, June 14 : Indian Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shashi Tharoor on Friday emphasized the need for quality teaching across all levels of education.

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Related Topix: India, World News

Sat Jun 15, 2013

TIME.com

Meet Kenn Nesbitt, the New Children's Poet Laureate

Everyone knows that authors - even bestselling authors - are familiar with sting of rejection, many seeing their manuscripts turned down by a dozen publishing houses before getting published.

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Related Topix: Arts, Poetry, Port Dickinson, NY, Family, Kids

Daily Times

Faculty development training at NUML

ISLAMABAD: An In-house faculty development training session with the collaboration of University of North Texas has been started at National University of Modern Languages , Islamabad.

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Related Topix: Pakistan, World News, University of North Texas

Reuters

Clashes as Peru students protest

Stones rain down on Peruvian riot police as they try to calm protests by angry university students.

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Related Topix: Spain, World News