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High School Students Study Nanotechnology, AI Heart Disease Detection Using Bridges-2

High School Students Study Nanotechnology, AI Heart Disease Detection Using Bridges-2

by Ken Chiacchia | May 28, 2025 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights

One of the projects undertaken by high school students with Bridges-2 is simulating how pulses of infrared or visible light can turn the protein kinesin into a tiny molecular motor for nanotechnology machines. Adobe Stock 230402435 Unique Program at North Carolina...
Corrected Numbers Allow Accurate Simulation of Oxygen Kicking Carbon Monoxide out of Hemoglobin

Corrected Numbers Allow Accurate Simulation of Oxygen Kicking Carbon Monoxide out of Hemoglobin

by Ken Chiacchia | May 14, 2025 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights

A Syracuse University team used Bridges-2 to correct earlier, mistaken simulations of the hemoglobin protein (lower left) and its oxygen-carrying heme group (center) and determine how carbon monoxide (blue and red spheres, top center) competes with oxygen (purple and...
Team Identifies, Finds Age of Three Brown Dwarfs in Outskirts of Our Galaxy

Team Identifies, Finds Age of Three Brown Dwarfs in Outskirts of Our Galaxy

by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 17, 2025 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights

Credit: Illustration: NASA, ESA, and JPL-Caltech; Science: NASA, ESA, and D. Apai and E. Buenzli (University of Arizona) Study of Substellar Objects Using Bridges-2 Sheds Light on Globular Cluster Age and Early Development of Universe Collections of stars called...
Anton Simulations Flag How Hepatitis Virus Enters Cell Nucleus

Anton Simulations Flag How Hepatitis Virus Enters Cell Nucleus

by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 7, 2025 | Anton, Anton 2, Science Highlights

Adobe Stock 508244320 “Tucking In” of Viral Capsid Protein Allows Passage of Giant Structure through Nuclear Pore, Allowing Virus to Take Over The hepatitis B virus causes about 800,000 deaths per year, on par with HIV and the malaria parasite. However, as it spreads,...
Bridges-2 and AI Analysis Identify DNA Sequences Carrying Risk of Childhood Sudden Death

Bridges-2 and AI Analysis Identify DNA Sequences Carrying Risk of Childhood Sudden Death

by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 19, 2025 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights

Adobe Stock 270629805 Number and Type of Mutations Relate to Risk of Death at Earlier Age, Suggesting Focus for Future Detection and Prevention Sudden death in children is rare but devastating. A team led from Northwestern University used PSC’s flagship Bridges-2...
Simulations on Bridges-2 Teach AI Program to Prevent Buckling or Breaks in Railways

Simulations on Bridges-2 Teach AI Program to Prevent Buckling or Breaks in Railways

by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 5, 2025 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights

Adobe Stock 138718634 AI Tool Would Enable Industry to Predict Temperatures that Require Maintenance or Repair, Improving Safety and Making Repairs Less Expensive Continuously welded rails were a cost game-changer in the railway industry, which contributes over $27...
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