by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 2, 2020 | Science Highlights
Two New PSC Systems Begin Operations Bridges-2 Supercomputing Platform Begins Operations at PSC A $10-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded a new major supercomputing platform at PSC. In partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 2, 2020 | Science Highlights
PSC Answers the Call PSC Systems Support Urgent COVID-19 Science With the nation—and the world—disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, PSC is answering the call to action. The center has given the national research community expedited access to its systems Bridges;...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 2, 2020 | Science Highlights
Star Crash(es) Bridges Powers Artificial Intelligence that Can Speed Simulations of Neutron Star Mergers and Repeated Simulations that Predict Unique Signal from Unequal Mergers Collisions between neutron stars involve some of the most extreme physics in the Universe....
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 2, 2020 | Science Highlights
Doubling Down Computation with Bridges Points to Unexpected Mechanism for DNA Duplication in Parkinson’s Disease The progressive disability of Parkinson’s disease carries a heavy toll both in numbers—nearly a million people in the U.S. have it—and in suffering. The...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 2, 2020 | Science Highlights
Off to a Good Start Anton 2 Simulations Kick off Drug Safety Prediction Pipeline Many possibly useful drugs are abandoned because they increase the QT interval of the heartbeat. This is because QT prolongation can cause life-threatening side effects. But not all...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 2, 2020 | Science Highlights
Every Calculation Stabs Combination of Bridges and Anton 2 Allows Team to Span Time Scales in Simulating Dagger-Like Microbe-Killing Molecule Medical science is in a race to develop new and better antimicrobial agents to address infection and other human diseases. One...
