by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 28, 2017 | Features
Modest Increase in Kids’ Exercise May Yield Outsized Benefits May 2, 2017 Getting just a few more American kids to run and play for 25 minutes three times a week could have outsized benefits in reducing obesity and save tens of billions of dollars, according to...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 24, 2017 | Features
Heat Stable Vaccines Could Save Lives, Money April 26, 2017 Health care workers in low-income nations often have to deliver vaccines on rugged footpaths, via motorcycle or over river crossings. On top of this, vaccines need to be kept refrigerated or they may degrade...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 18, 2017 | Science Highlights
From the Directors Welcome to the new PSC Science Highlights! This first issue of our new format highlights a number of success stories in our ongoing mission to enable and support computationally dependent research in traditional and emerging fields, including...
by Deb Nigra | Apr 10, 2017 | PSC Symposium
PSC Symposium Series PSC hosts a public symposium series on topics related to high performance computing and research. If you would like to attend any of them, please RSVP so that we can save you a seat. Cell Modeling with MCell June 30, 2017, 10am...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 10, 2017 | Anton 2, Features
Anton 2 Supercomputer Operational at PSC Anton 2, a specialized supercomputer developed by D. E. Shaw Research that simulates the motions of biomolecules, has replaced the original Anton 1 system previously at PSC. The new machine, operationally supported through a...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 10, 2017 | Features
The National Science Foundation has approved the Phase 2 upgrade of the new Bridges supercomputer it funded at PSC. The enhanced system offers more speed, memory and data storage for investigators who have used supercomputers and those in fields that never before...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 10, 2017 | Science Highlights
GUT CHECK While diabetes poses many life- and limb-threatening problems, it also causes serious changes and problems in the digestive tract. A study using PSC’s Bridges system sifted through the DNA of thousands of microbe species in healthy and diabetic intestines to...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 9, 2017 | Features
PSC Public Health Symposium April 21, 2017 – 1pm 300 S Craig St, Pittsburgh PA April’s PSC Symposium Series focuses on Public Health Applications. The program will include an overview of the Public Applications team with research presentations to...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 20, 2017 | Science Highlights
HOOKED UP A common way for proteins to hold themselves together is with disulfide bridges. But scientists don’t completely understand why some proteins need them to “hook up” their structure. Researchers used the DESRES Anton system hosted at PSC to discover the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 20, 2017 | Science Highlights
MORE POWER TO US If everyone used electricity at a constant rate, generating power would be simple. But spikes in use lead to under-utilized power and ultimately increased costs. Scientists used PSC’s Bridges and former Greenfield systems to understand the economic...
