by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 1, 2016 | Science Highlights
Island Time Extended Simulation on Anton Shows How Cell-Surface Molecules Cluster Why It’s Important: Virtually every process in human health and disease relies on signals getting across cell membranes—the flexible “bags” that enclose the contents...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 4, 2016 | Science Highlights
BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE Bridges Will Bring high performance Computing and Data Analysis to New Fields In 2016, PSC’s newest supercomputer, Bridges, will go online. The $9.65-million, NSF-funded Bridges represents the culmination of lessons learned from PSC’s Blacklight...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 4, 2016 | Science Highlights
News in Brief DXC EXPANDS SCOPE PSC’s Data Exacell (DXC) pilot project has increased the community of researchers who can use the system and the scope of projects it can serve by adding new hardware and software resources. The DXC team added data storage to the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 16, 2015 | Science Highlights
SECURING THE CHAIN WITH TRINITY Shrimp Transcriptome Offers Secure Future Food Source, Better Understanding of Ocean Food Chain WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Litopenaeus vannamei, the whiteleg shrimp, is the number one human food source from the sea. Over a million tons...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 29, 2015 | Science Highlights
A Shift in Perspective Anton Simulations Upend Picture of How Proteins Work The Anton simulations suggest that PKA has nine distinct communities (A through H). The size of the circles shows how big each community is physically, the width of the lines connecting...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 4, 2015 | Fall 2015
PSC’s Impact on Pennsylvania PSC provides a significant economic benefit to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In addition to supporting research, education and business activities throughout the Commonwealth, PSC consistently returns many times the state’s...
