Supercomputer dedicated to disease research in Africa

Scientists in South Africa unveiled the country's most powerful weapon yet in their fight against AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis when they switched on a new supercomputer dedicated to scientific research this week.

The supercomputer, which has been installed at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) offices in Pretoria, is designed to process huge amounts of complex information and to deliver data with astonishing speed...

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