by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 15, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
“Pop art”: The Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Corporation used the Cray X-MP supercomputer to design the beverage can we know today. 1987 ALCOA Work with PSC Supercomputer Helped Set Stage for Industrial Supercomputing Design Revolution PSC40: Powering...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 14, 2026 | Anton, Science Highlights
DNA strand wrapped around a series of protein-based nucleosomes (left) and an isolated nucleosome (right). DNA is orange, protein blue. Adobe stock. Simulations on Anton at PSC Suggest Cancer Mutations in Nucleosomes May Affect DNA Accessibility In our cells, over six...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 18, 2025 | Anton, Anton 3, Science Highlights
Atrial fibrillation is a disruption of the heart’s rhythm that can lead to life-threatening conditions. Simulations with Anton at PSC Show How Positive-Negative Pairing in Protein Is Broken, Opening A Membrane Channel Too Soon that May Contribute to Atrial...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 4, 2025 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
A BlueTides simulation of galaxy formation (centered on massive dark matter halos, top row, and on massive black holes, bottom row) at a distance from Earth so far away that the light would be roughly 12 to 13 billion years old. The image shows the gas density field...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 17, 2025 | ACCESS, Bridges-2, HPCWire Awards, News, Press release
Simulations on NSF-Funded Bridges-2 Supercomputer and Others Granted “Best Use of HPC in Life Sciences” and “Best Use of HPC in Physical Sciences” at 22nd Annual HPCwire Awards Two series of simulations, one of HIV and one of brown dwarf stars, carried out by...
