Science Simplified: What Is Supercomputing?
What Is Supercomputing? There are computers. And then there are supercomputers. Most personal and work computers are powerful enough to perform tasks like doing homework…
What Is Supercomputing? There are computers. And then there are supercomputers. Most personal and work computers are powerful enough to perform tasks like doing homework…
Researchers are on a quest to synthesize BC8, a carbon structure predicted to be tougher than diamond, using insights from advanced simulations and experimental efforts….
Open-source supercomputer algorithm predicts patterning and dynamics of living materials and enables studying their behavior in space and time. Biological materials are made of individual…
An open-source advanced supercomputer algorithm predicts the patterning and dynamics of living materials, allowing for the exploration of their behaviors across space and time. Biological…
NASA’s Artemis missions, using larger lunar landers, face increased landing and liftoff risks. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center developed simulation tools to predict and manage…
Scientists use a supercomputer to unveil the intricate dynamics of multi-fault earthquake systems. In the early hours of July 4, 2019, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake…
Cholla, HACC, and Parthenon are ready to launch the exascale era of computational astrophysics. A trio of new and improved cosmological simulation codes was unveiled…
The ASTRID cosmological simulation, a massive simulation run on TACC’s Frontera supercomputer, is aiding in the investigation of ultra-massive black holes. Ultra-massive black holes are…
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientists ran 100 sophisticated simulations exploring jets — narrow beams of energetic particles — that emerge at nearly light speed…
A team at Stony Brook University used ORNL’s Summit supercomputer to model X-ray burst flames spreading across the surface of dense neutron stars. At the…
UT Arlington computer scientists use TACC systems to generate synthetic objects for robot training. Before he joined the University of Texas at Arlington as an…
Since the 1930s, scientists have been using particle accelerators to gain insights into the structure of matter and the laws of physics that govern our…
A massive simulation of the cosmos and a nod to the next generation of computing. A team of physicists and computer scientists from the U.S….
Supercomputer-powered framework developed by SCEC provides new view of seismic hazard. Massive earthquakes are, fortunately, rare events. But that scarcity of information blinds us in…
Texas Advanced Computing Center’s Stampede2 supercomputer simulates 3D structure of vortex breakdown with combustion. Lightning struck a bourbon warehouse, setting fire to a cache of…
A quintillion calculations a second. That’s one with 18 zeros after it. It’s the speed at which an exascale supercomputer will process information. The Department…
A European Union-backed high-performance computing platform has tested the impact of known molecules against the genomic structure of coronavirus and identified an already-registered generic medication’s…
Scientists have tapped the immense power of the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to comb through millions of medical journal articles to identify…