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Britain's fastest supercomputer unveiled
*Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/techn...155020080114)*
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LONDON (Reuters) - A supercomputer that could help answer some of science's biggest questions will be unveiled on Monday.

With the power of 12,000 desktop PCs, the mammoth machine called HECToR is the country's fastest computer and one of the most powerful in Europe.

It can make 63 million calculations each second, allowing scientists to conduct research into everything from climate change to new medicines.

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