News tagged with supercomputing
Researchers model potential of toxic algae photoreceptors
Blue-green algae is causing havoc in Midwestern lakes saturated with agricultural run-off, but researchers in a northwest Ohio lab are using supercomputers to study a closely related strain of the toxic cyanobacteria ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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PNNL's Olympus supercomputer advances science, saves energy
A new, 162-Teraflop peak supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is helping scientists do more complex, advanced research in areas such as energy storage and future ...
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Virginia Tech unveils HokieSpeed, a new powerful supercomputer for the masses
Virginia Tech crashed the supercomputing arena in 2003 with System X, a machine that placed the university among the world's top computational research facilities. Now comes HokieSpeed, a new supercomputer ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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String theory researchers simulate big-bang on supercomputer
(PhysOrg.com) -- A trio of Japanese physicists have applied a reformulation of string theory, called IIB, whereby matrices are used to describe the properties of the physical universe, on a supercomputer, to effectively sho ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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186 gigabits per second: High-energy physicists set record for network data transfer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have set a new world record for data transfer, helping to usher in the next generation of high-speed network technology. At the SuperComputing 2011 (SC11) conference in Seattle ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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New application makes supercomputing simple
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new open source application developed at Murdoch University is giving researchers a revolutionary new way of accessing supercomputers.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Tapping the brain orchestra
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) and Forschungszentrum Julich in Germany have developed a new method for detailed analyses of electrical activity in the brain. The method, recently ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Supercomputer reveals new details behind drug-processing protein model
Supercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are giving scientists unprecedented access to a key class of proteins involved in drug detoxification.
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Supercomputers take a cue from microwave ovens
As sophisticated as modern climate models are, one critical component continues to elude their precision—clouds. Simulating these fluffy puffs of water vapor is so computationally complex that even today's most powerful ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Supercomputer seeks way to mimic mollusk shell
One of the first tasks for Warwick's new super computer is to use its monster megabytes to analyse the natural properties of the tiny mollusc shell.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Better thermal management promises cheaper, greener, cooler electronics
At first glance, supercomputers, car parts, entertainment systems and radar antennas may not have much in common, but they all stand to benefit from important advances in thermal management technology being ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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New Stanford software takes Folding@home's biological research to supercomputers
Vijay Pande's chemistry and structural biology group at Stanford has become known for Folding@home, a distributed computing project that borrows computing time from home computers to simulate how proteins take ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Chinese researchers tap GPU supercomputer for world's first simulation of complete H1N1 virus
Chinese researchers achieved a major breakthrough in the race to battle influenza by using NVIDIA Tesla GPUs to create the world's first computer simulation of a whole H1N1 influenza virus at the atomic level.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Bats, dolphins, and mole rats inspire advances in ultrasound technology
Sonar and ultrasound, which use sound as a navigational device and to paint accurate pictures of an environment, are the basis of countless technologies, including medical ultrasound machines and submarine ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Cray replaces IBM on U. of Illinois supercomputer
The University of Illinois says Seattle-based Cray Inc. will take over construction of the stalled $300 million Blue Waters supercomputer project, three months after IBM pulled out citing cost and technical concerns.
Nov 14, 2011 |
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