by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 5, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Bridges-2 Powers “Digital Twin,” Allowing Rapid Simulated Testing of Neurons The movement of signals and nutrients down a nerve cell’s long axon is central to healthy thought and movement, and to some neurodegenerative diseases. A digital twin, a virtual nerve cell...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 15, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Weighting for Uncertainty Helps Pitt Team Factor for Individual Patients, not just Populations While AI offers the ability to improve human experts’ ability to diagnose and treat diseases like breast cancer, well-publicized errors across the broader AI field are cause...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 6, 2026 | Bridges-2, News, Press release
Top to bottom: Maps of the Milky Way galaxy based on low-energy radio waves, visible light, high-energy gamma rays, and the Nobel-Prize-recognized map based on neutrino emissions. PSC user Francis Halzen has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize for Physics! The Nobel...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 17, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Amyloid plaques forming between neurons. Beta-amyloid protein disrupting nerve cells’ function in a brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Bridges-2 Simulations Point to Process of Fibril Formation, Offering Clues to Combatting ALS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Fibril forming...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 13, 2026 | Bridges-2, Data Handling and Analytics, Science Highlights
Robotics Institute Team Uses Bridges-2 to Plan Warehouse Layouts, Robotic Coordination When programming warehouse robots you need to have them coordinate so they don’t get in each other’s way. Fortunately, in a warehouse you can change the environment — the layout of...
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...
