by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 15, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Record-setting Thermal Conductivity Improves on Metals’ Electron-Based Conductivity, Helping Smaller Devices Dump Heat Smaller, faster devices are having more and more trouble dumping the heat they generate. Copper has long been the “gold standard” for conducting heat...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 9, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
2002 Simulation of Aquaporin Protein Showed How Cells Maintain Balance Needed for Healthy Functions Our bodies’ cells must allow water to cross their membranes while maintaining strategic imbalances of other molecules. In 2002, scientists were puzzled by how the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 24, 2026 | Bridges-3, News, Press release, Resources, Systems
NSF-Funded Bridges-3 Will Continue Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Focus on High-Performance Computing, Serving National Research and Education Goals A $10-million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to build...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 10, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Moiré superlattices make use of the phenomenon the moiré pattern, in which the wave interference of two similar patterns create new, often mesmerizing and undulating patterns. Wigner Crystals’ Behavior Charted and Compared with Theory, Providing New Tool for Studying...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 28, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
PSC’s Cray T3D Stretched Warning from Half an Hour to Six Hours, Fine Tuning Prediction to Cover Local Storms In 1995, severe-weather predictions could only give about half an hour’s warning. That’s not much of a heads-up for travelers on the road, airports shuffling...
