Gamers pave the way for million dollar grant for telescope 'brain' upgrade
Credit: Greg Rowbotham ICRAR UWA 2016 A new $1 million Federal Government grant to Curtin University will enable a major upgrade to the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), giving the giant radio telescope even greater power to read and process signals captured from distant outer space. The grant is through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme (NCRIS) and administered by Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL) and will replace the aging correlator, or brains of the telescope, which has b...
United States Greg Rowbotham Naomi Mcclure Griffiths Melanie Johnston Hollitt Dan Tehan Department Of Education
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