Surprise: Mercury Won't Crash Into Earth Anytime Soon
Scientists have long theorized that there is a small
chance that the planet Mercury could collide with Earth one day, which
would destroy life on our planet. Now, those chances are even smaller
than previously believed. Richard Zeebe, a professor at the University
of Hawaii,
Manoa, ran 1,600 simulations of the solar system on the university's
Intel Xeon-based Cray CS300 system, and not once did Mercury hit Earth
over a 5-billion-year period, according to an article in Science. Zeebe
said the chance of such a collision is "extremely slim."
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NSF Gives $5 Million Boost to Cybersecurity Research
NSF Gives $5 Million Boost to Cybersecurity Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $5 million grant to bolster the security of scientific research. The grant establishes the existing Center for Trustworthy Scientific Cyberinfrastructure (CTSC) as the NSF Cybersecurity Center for Excellence, an entity that will address the security needs of NSF's scientific community. CTSC will coordinate efforts on improving cybersecurity; it will include education and training to increase security expertise throughout the nation's scientific community, a PSC press release said.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $5 million grant to bolster the security of scientific research. The grant establishes the existing Center for Trustworthy Scientific Cyberinfrastructure (CTSC) as the NSF Cybersecurity Center for Excellence, an entity that will address the security needs of NSF's scientific community. CTSC will coordinate efforts on improving cybersecurity; it will include education and training to increase security expertise throughout the nation's scientific community, a PSC press release said.
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