by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 29, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
The role of black holes in the evolution of the universe were re-envisioned by work on PSC’s Cray XT3. In this illustration from NASA, Sagittarius A* (A-star) is surrounded by bending light and flashes of energy. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 15, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Record-setting Thermal Conductivity Improves on Metals’ Electron-Based Conductivity, Helping Smaller Devices Dump Heat Smaller, faster devices are having more and more trouble dumping the heat they generate. Copper has long been the “gold standard” for conducting heat...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 9, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
2002 Simulation of Aquaporin Protein Showed How Cells Maintain Balance Needed for Healthy Functions Our bodies’ cells must allow water to cross their membranes while maintaining strategic imbalances of other molecules. In 2002, scientists were puzzled by how the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 10, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Moiré superlattices make use of the phenomenon the moiré pattern, in which the wave interference of two similar patterns create new, often mesmerizing and undulating patterns. Wigner Crystals’ Behavior Charted and Compared with Theory, Providing New Tool for Studying...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 28, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
PSC’s Cray T3D Stretched Warning from Half an Hour to Six Hours, Fine Tuning Prediction to Cover Local Storms In 1995, severe-weather predictions could only give about half an hour’s warning. That’s not much of a heads-up for travelers on the road, airports shuffling...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 7, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
World2Rules Uses Robotics Institute’s Amelia-42 Dataset to Learn Rules for Identifying Collision Risks that Humans Can Understand In managing airport traffic, small errors can cause catastrophe. Today at a NASA symposium in Los Angeles, a group from the CMU Robotics...
