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RENCI's UNC Charlotte partners team up to win NSF land use grant

National Science Foundation funds Forest Persistence Project at UNC Charlotte

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RENCI issues call for NC State visualization projects

RENCI at North Carolina State University seeks NC State faculty members and researchers to participate in the center’s inaugural Program in Applied Scientific and Information Visualization.

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Molecules to Materials

RALEIGH, NC – Take some long, skinny molecules that are bunched together like a bowl of spaghetti. Now, try spinning them into a yarn that can conduct electricity. Or perhaps weave them, along with carbon nanotubes, into a next-generation bullet-proof vest. Sound challenging? It is—but it’s just the kind of challenge Melissa Pasquinelli likes.

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Image analysis project aims to classify characteristics of skin cancers

CHAPEL HILL, NC–Melanoma—the most serious form of skin cancer—varies in size, shape and severity, and although pathologists and researchers often intuitively differentiate between types of melanomas, the variations have never been formally quantified and documented.

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An eye on Earl

RENCI models the path of a hurricane as it heads towards the East Coast

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Hurricane Katrina five years later: A humanities focused observance

Explore the human impact of the storm through workshops, storytelling, photography, singing and songwriting

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Study shows nearly 570 percent increase in western NC development since 1976

RENCI’s urban growth mapping and forecasting extended to 19 mountain counties to aid policy makers on development issues.

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Visual Decision Pathways

Sharron Docherty understands that medical care for a critically ill infant involves much more than treatments designed to bring about a cure.

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National Weather Service taps RENCI to explore decision support services for weather emergencies

NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Science and Technology will provide $400,000 to the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) to develop and evaluate technologies that will help the emergency management community prepare for and respond to weather events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards and floods.

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UNC scientist: Tropical storms will move Gulf oil

What will a hurricane do to the massive oil slick churning in the Gulf of Mexico?

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