by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 19, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
An early simulation with PSC’s second supercomputer, the Cray Y-MP, showed that carbon fiber was a plausible replacement for increasingly rare Norway spruce in crafting string instruments. CMU Project in 1988 Used PSC’s Cray Y-MP to Show Violin Top Plates of Carbon...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 12, 2026 | Research, Science Highlights
A 3D rendering of the delicate components of a quantum computer. Artificial Intelligence Improves Monte Carlo Simulations of Quantum Dots, Improving Accuracy of Storing and Reading Information Quantum computers promise a giant leap forward in computing power — maybe....
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. Credit: Emily Voelker/PSC 1987 Alcoa Work with PSC Supercomputer Helped Set Stage for Industrial Supercomputing Design Revolution...
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...
