by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 15, 2023 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
The two, massive neutron stars merge with a great gravitational clang — but little electromagnetic signal gets out. Scientists had not predicted absence of electromagnetic signal in 2019 detection A collision of two massive neutron stars detected by gravity-wave...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 2, 2023 | Bridges-2, Press release
Tuomas Sandholm inspects PSC’s Bridges-2 supercomputer AAAI award cites Tuomas Sandholm’s work on improving organ donation exchanges with AI Tuomas Sandholm’s work since 2010 to improve the fairness and effectiveness of organ donations using PSC supercomputers...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 1, 2023 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Bridges-2-powered AI matches life-critical performance of other AI and non-AI alternatives — unlike them, its “thinking” is understandable to humans Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed our lives, giving us a tool for vastly better-informed decision making....
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 18, 2023 | Anton 2, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Different numbers of kinks in the iGlu-R protein from glutamate binding to the outside of channel cause its central pore (seen from the top looking down) to open progressively, allowing different levels of ion current to pass through. From Yelshanskaya, M.V., Patel,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 14, 2022 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Peak water level simulated during Hurricane Ian by the ADCIRC model. Timely predictions assist emergency efforts throughout state, federal responses Hurricane Ian was a historically deadly hurricane. But fast storm surge predictions led by scientists at the University...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 14, 2022 | Bridges-2, Press release
Thirteenth Year PSC Is Recognized by HPCwire Awards, Given to Leaders in the Global High Performance Computing Community Science performed with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s (PSC’s) advanced research computers has been recognized with two HPCwire Editors’...
