by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 26, 2024 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Simulated bacteria growing on a flat surface (left) versus on a sphere (right). The simulation recreates the growth of real bacteria raised in the lab; it also shows that when the microbes grow on progressively smaller curved surfaces, the areas of alignment become...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 13, 2024 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
By Kimberly Mann Bruch and Advay Shindikar, San Diego Supercomputer Center, and Ken Chiacchia, PSC Red-tailed boa. The species is classified as “vulnerable;” scientists would like to see it protected. A study of a devastating virus that affects it is providing clues...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 28, 2024 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Adobe stock image: https://www.psc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AdobeStock_646474337-scaled.jpeg CMU Group Uses Bridges-2 to Create Virtual Plant to Learn from Veteran Engineers, and Next Train and Work with Rookies The people who keep our drinking water safe are...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 14, 2024 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Pitt Team Uses Bridges-2 to Build Automated, Open-Source Toolbox, Enabling Conservation Scientists to Survey Much Larger Regions with Limited Staffing We live in a time when so many species are dying off — and due to our activity — that some scientists want to call it...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 6, 2024 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Bridges-2 Simulations Show Specific Heat Effect that, with New Telescopes, Will Give Clues on Condensed Matter, Atomic Nuclei You can’t get much more dramatic than smashing two ultra-dense stars into each other. But these mergers, while fascinating in their own right,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 30, 2023 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Screenshot showing how the virtual machine running on Bridges-2 displayed a correct match between a damaged capital W in Robert Everingham’s type collection (right, blue) and one from Shakespeare’s Fourth Folio (left, blue). Infamous Typo in Shakespeare Folio Sheds...