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Mathematics of Planet Earth Announces Competition for Open Source Exhibition of Virtual Modules

The Mathematics of Planet Earth, an international initiative by the North American math institutes, is sponsoring a competition for an open source exhibition of virtual modules. The modules submitted to the competition will be part of an open source exhibition … Continue reading

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High School Scholars Connect Math and Biology Using Biodiversity

A group of Tennessee high school students and teachers learned about how math and biology converge during a visit to NIMBioS last week as a part of the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The symposium is an annual event … Continue reading

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The Many Voices of Science

NIMBioS Songwriter-in-Residence RB Morris stopped by with crew from a local radio station to record a chorus of voices for his “Science for the People” song. NIMBioS staffers and scientists belted out the chorus to this catchy tune. And, yes, … Continue reading

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Forty Attend HPC Phylogenetics Tutorial

Our classroom is packed to capacity this week with 40 participants attending the NIMBioS Tutorial: High Performance Computing for Phylogenetics. This popular tutorial focuses on how to use TeraGrid, the CIPRES Portal, the iPlant Discovery environment, university clusters, and other … Continue reading

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