Galactic Archaeology: Supercomputers Dig Into First Star Fossils
No one has yet found the first stars. They’re hypothesized to have formed about 100 million years after the Big Bang out of universal darkness…
Texas Advanced Computing Center
Nyx: Stellar Stream of Stars Discovered in Milky Way That Originated in Another Galaxy
Caltech researchers use deep learning and supercomputing to identify Nyx, a product of a long-ago galaxy merger. Astronomers can go their whole career without finding…
Supercomputer Completes Massive Coronavirus Simulations to Help Design New Drugs and Vaccines
New simulations can help researchers design new drugs and vaccines to combat the coronavirus. Scientists are preparing a massive computer model of the coronavirus that…
Bio-Based Acrylonitrile Offers a Greener Carbon Fiber Alternative
From cars and bicycles to airplanes and space shuttles, manufacturers around the world are trying to make these vehicles lighter, which helps lower fuel use…
Supercomputers Explore Optical Properties of Plasmonic Nanovesicles for Drug Delivery
Imagine a microscopic gold pill that could travel to a specific location in your body and deliver a drug just where it is needed. This…
Supercomputers Help Researchers Understand Black Holes
Using supercomputers like Stampede at the Texas Advanced Computing Center and Kraken at the National Institute for Computational Sciences, researchers try to predict and better…