Being part of the bigger picture with e-Science
For lots of reasons the internet is a wonderful thing. As a completely random example, www.planet-science.com would not exist without it.

In the last few years the technology behind the internet has enabled some very big research projects to be done, utilising the spare capacity of thousands and thousands of domestic computers. When there’s too much data to shake a calculator at, scientists need super-super-computers and sharing the calculating around in this way means they can get the work done, without the need for building a computer complex the size of Doncaster. It is known as distributed computing. The Internet is then used for relaying information back to the scientists.

Download the PDF to read more about the technology, and some of the projects.





Read more, either online or printed out.

Just Your Computer Powers Research - RS_ycpr_14.pdf - 256k

The Full Real Science Booklet - RS_Booklet.pdf - 2.7mb




These links are relevant to this section.

You can also click these links in context if you are reading the PDF online.

BBC Climate Chaos
www.bbc.co.uk

Climateprediction.net
www.climateprediction.net

Information about some of the UK e-Science programmes within the Research Councils.
www.rcuk.ac.uk

Back in 2003, JISC commissioned three short-term projects with the aim of directly involving school pupils in live research. To see all the projects look at this site.
www.jisc.ac.uk

Emalaria project
http://emalaria.soton.ac.uk


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