January 2004
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Unique collaboration reveals mummy's face after 2,200 years For over two millennia she remained hidden beneath layers of linen bandages. Yet, without ever disturbing the wrapping, a unique collaboration involving the University of Western Ontario and other partners have built an accurate 3-D picture of this woman who died 2,200 years ago.
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Reaching into the data through broadband
What will it take for future researchers, educators and students to access and maximize their use of the data created by the Sulman Mummy project?
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Cold temperature study looks at particle transport
While most of Canada hunkers down during a particularly nasty stretch of winter and many make plans for a warm-weather getaway, at least one researcher recreates and studies her own arctic blast conditions, all in the name of science.
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Canada's first student-designed solar array now live at Waterloo
In what is the first student-designed solar array on a university campus in Canada, solar energy is now being harnessed through a 36-panel array of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels to produce clean, free electricity at the University of Waterloo's Federation Hall.
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Video conferences over ORION now "normal course of business"
Using ORION to link participants in virtual space from multiple locations in a region the size of France has now become the norm, for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM).
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  • Soo PoP now connected
  • New traffic maps show growing ORION use
  • ORION offers IP Multicast capability
  • ORION signs Internet peering agreements
  • New incentive to sign up for Internet
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