Ohio teen wins $400K Breakthrough Prize, supercomputer simulation models universe, library human connection during digital shift and more

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Monday, November 9, 2015 - 11:15am (updated Monday, May 9, 2016 - 1:43pm)

Ohio State renames 17th Avenue for Annie and John Glenn

Columbus Business First, Nov. 5, 2015

The Ohio State University will rename one of the most-prominent thoroughfares on campus after one of the state's most-accomplished sons...

 

$400K Breakthrough Prize goes to Ohio teen, school for 7-min film on relativity

USA Today, Nov. 8, 2015

Ryan Chester, 18, whose quirky video explaining Albert Einstein’s mind-bending Special Theory of Relativity won the inaugural Breakthrough Junior Challenge Sunday…

 

Massive supercomputer simulation models universe from near birth until today

Kurzweil, Nov. 2, 2015

The Q Continuum simulation, one of the largest cosmological simulations ever performed, has modeled the evolution of the universe from just 50 million years after the Big Bang to the present day…

 

The Human Connection l The Digital Shift 2015

Library Journal, Nov. 5, 2015

Libraries may be going digital, but librarians still bring—and need—that personal touch…

 

Like US, the United Kingdom wants full broadband coverage by 2020

Stgist, Nov. 8, 2015

Similar to the United States, the U.K. is also looking to improve its broadband network. As reported by the BBC, UK Prime Minister David Cameron will introduce an initiative that will put all residents and businesses within the “faster broadband” network by year 2020….