A creative team at the University of North Carolina’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is combining traditional storytelling with digital technologies from RENCI to create a fulldome planetarium show that promises to wow both adults and children when it premiers during the 2012 winter holiday season.
CHAPEL HILL – RENCI and the School of Information and Library Sciences (SILS) at UNC Chapel Hill have joined a nationwide effort to build an integrated data management infrastructure that will help scientists better understand the complex processes of the planet Earth, from meteorology to solid earth sciences to hydrology and oceanography.
Fourteen startup companies based on innovations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will present at the annual Emerging Company Showcase on April 18.
CHAPEL HILL, NC – On March 29, 2012, the White House announced the “Big Data Research and Development Initiative.”
CHAPEL HILL, NC—Faculty, staff, and student entrepreneurs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are encouraged to apply for a spot in the Carolina Launch Pad, the pre-commercial technology business accelerator located at RENCI.
A study by researchers RENCI at UNC Charlotte researchers shows 570 percent increase in developed land since 1976.
Orville Vernon Burton, a Clemson University history professor and renowned expert on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War era, race relations and the history of the American South, will speak from 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Thursday, March 29, in room 141 of the Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Building, 201 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill. A short reception will follow the talk.
Above: Screenshot of the prostate cancer treatment planning tool developed by researchers at Duke University Medical Center and RENCI
RENCI is seeking two new Duke University research team to participate in the RENCI at Duke Faculty Engagement Program in Applied Scientific and Information Visualization.
David E. Shaw’s special-purpose supercomputer could help researchers understand malfunctions underlying many diseases.
Scientists can’t control coastal flooding caused by storm surge. But they can help government agencies and the public understand the risks from storm surge and wind waves in vulnerable areas like North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
