by Vivian Benton | Sep 27, 2022 | 2022 Science Highlights, News, Science Highlights
Scientists have long wondered why Mercury (left) is so much smaller than Earth. The tiny planet is little more than the Earth’s iron core without its thick silicate mantle layer. Image from NASA. Outward movement of Venus and Earth may have swept up lighter...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 31, 2022 | News
Student data-science competition adds teams outside Pittsburgh region, including from California Native American youth center and New Jersey schools Amara Sanchez was already a data scientist. She just didn’t know it. “One day I got back [to the Pala Youth...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 15, 2022 | News, Press release
Four years of additional funding to PSC, Pitt, CMU and Stanford will provide the HuBMAP Consortium with data infrastructure and leadership in community engagement to build a human reference atlas Scientific teams in Pittsburgh and at Stanford will lead collaborations...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 14, 2022 | 2022, News, Science Highlights
Bridges Simulations Improve Quantum Approach to Computing Work establishes benchmark for beating classical computers, optimizes quantum performance Quantum computers promise vastly expanded computing power. But they’ve yet to prove beyond a doubt that they’re...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 6, 2022 | Bridges-2, Neocortex, News, Press release, Staff
CMU, Pitt form search committee for replacement as Shawn Brown leaves for HPE Shawn Brown has stepped down from his position as director of PSC. He is leaving to take on a strategic corporate opportunity at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE). Carnegie Mellon...
by Vivian Benton | Jun 29, 2022 | Inside PSC, News
We didn’t have to search hard to find qualified students for PSC’s Summer Internship Program. Over 100 students applied for the five available positions. Let’s meet them and find out what projects they’re working on this summer. Michael Ross, a senior...
