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• Computer sharing tackles anthrax - Biomedicine - Brief Article

  - 2002-03-23

  A drug-discovery effort using more than a million personal computers worldwide has identified thousands of compounds that could form the basis of a cure for anthrax, researchers at the University of Oxford in England announced March 8. The anthrax project rested upon a strategy known as distributed computing, in...

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• A new computer-scanning technique has been used at Oxford University to decipher faint markings on Roman writing tablets found close to Hadrian's Wall. (News).(Brief Article)

  - 2001-11-01

  A new computer-scanning technique has been used at Oxford University to decipher faint markings on Roman writing tablets found close to Hadrian's Wall. The tablets were originally filled with wax, with text scratched on their surface with metal styluses. The new techniques have revealed the surprisingly...

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• Fast Re-Rendering of Volume and Surface Graphics by Depth, Color, and Opacity Buffering

  BNET - 2000-03-03

  A method for quickly re-rendering volume data consisting of several distinct materials and intermixed with moving geometry is presented. The technique works by storing depth, color and opacity information, to a given approximation, which facilitates accelerated rendering of fixed views at moderate storage overhead without re-scanning the entire volume. Storage...

  Tags: Geometry, University Of Oxford, Graphics, Depth, Productivity, Storage, Hardware