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K1 Speed to Open Indoor Karting Center in Chicago

The thrill of all-electric indoor go-kart racing is coming to Chicago. The nation’s largest indoor karting company, K1 Speed, is opening its doors in America’s “Second City” and with it, introducing its trademark style of racing to a whole new group of enthusiasts. As one of the most populous cities in America, and one that [...]

UC San Diego Team Achieves Petaflop-Level Earthquake Simulations on GPU-Powered Supercomputers

Accelerated Code Cuts Time and Cost in Seismic Modeling The image shows a snapshot of ground motion of the 2008 magnitude-5.4 Chino Hills earthquake in an east-to-west direction; the red-yellow and green-blue colors depict the amplitude of shaking. The simulation indicates that small-scale heterogeneities (causing the highly irregular pattern of shaking in the image) may [...]

Benetrends Named Best Places to Work 2013

Benetrends is named one of the Best Places to Work 2013. The Jobs Now Best Places to Work 2013 reader poll was sponsored by The Bucks County Courier Times, The Intelligencer and The Burlington County Times, and asked workers to nominate employers in 20 categories. The independent certified public accounting firm, Kreischer Mille received the [...]

Rapid Evolution of Consumer Payments Examined at PAYMENTS 2013

Today, NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association announced the “Industry Agenda” general session held annually at PAYMENTS. This year’s Industry Agenda titled “Responding to Forces of Change in Consumer Payments” will examine the rapid change around the consumer and consumer payments and its impact on the payments ecosystem. The session will also explore how organizations [...]

Reading, Writing, ‘Rithmetic and Recycling

In addition to the traditional educational curriculum, teaching students how to be good citizens is one of the primary goals of our schools. However, in today’s environment of ever growing budget constraints, school districts are forever trying to do more with less – which is the philosophy of recycling: less waste, more resources saved.  Last [...]

What Southern California Edison (SCE) Does Not Want You To Know About Los Angeles Solar Energy

The Solar Center Due to the extremely wonderful benefits, many Southern California Edison (SCE) customers in this day and age decide to switch to solar energy. But, how much does the general public really know about solar energy and all it can provide 877 20-SOLAR is helping Southern California Edison (SCE) customers open their eyes [...]

Drug Treatment Corrects Autism Symptoms in Mouse Model

An old drug gives hope for new treatment in autism Autism results from abnormal cell communication. Testing a new theory, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have used a newly discovered function of an old drug to restore cell communications in a mouse model of autism, reversing symptoms of the [...]

Vogelsinger Soccer Academy Announces 2013 Free Soccer Clinic Schedule

There are five basic fundamental techniques in the game of soccer. The Vogelsinger method of teaching guides players through step-by-step instruction and participation activities designed to improve each individual’s basic fundamental technical skills of the game. The clinics provide a fun-filled soccer environment helping players achieve their goals with encouragement, enthusiasm and understanding aimed at [...]

Engineers Develop Techniques to Improve Efficiency of Cloud Computing Infrastructure

Jason Mars, a professor of computer science at the Jacobs School of Engineering. Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, and Google have developed a novel approach that allows the massive infrastructure powering cloud computing to run more efficiently. The new approach can make these warehouse-scale computers run as much as 15 to [...]

International Consortium Builds ‘Google Map’ of Human Metabolism

Recon 2 is the most comprehensive virtual reconstruction of the human metabolic network to date, assemble by an international consortium of researchers, who liken it to a ‘Google map’ of metabolism. Image Credit: Anna Dröfn Daníelsdóttir, Freyr Jóhannsson, Soffía Jónsdóttir, Sindri Jarlsson, Jón Pétur Gunnarsson & Ronan M. T. Fleming from the University of Iceland. [...]

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