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NICS to add more than 300 Teraflops to the NSF’s computing capacity

With twin awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling $3.4 million, the University of Tennessee-managed National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) will add 300 teraflops to the TeraGrid's ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Supercomputing gets its own superhero

(PhysOrg.com) -- What’s faster than the speediest supercomputer? How about a high-speed grid linking 12 world-class supercomputers? That’s what a European research consortium has built, catalysing European ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2




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New kind of high-temperature photonic crystal could someday power everything from smartphones to spacecraft

A team of MIT researchers has developed a way of making a high-temperature version of a kind of materials called photonic crystals, using metals such as tungsten or tantalum. The new materials — which ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Scientists predict an out-of-this-world kind of ice

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell scientists are boldly going where no water molecule has gone before -- that is, when it comes to pressures found nowhere on Earth.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Kraken set to deliver two billionth CPU hour, sustains 96 percent utilization

Kraken, the world's fastest academic supercomputer, is adding some impressive credentials to its resume. Not only will the Cray XT5 deliver its 2 billionth CPU hour to open science during the week of the SC11 Conference, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

TACC supercomputers help researchers find deeper insight into structure and behavior of protein, DNA and RNA

In 1926, Theodor Svedberg won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a novel method of separating proteins based on experiments performed on a new device he invented: the analytic ultracentrifuge.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NSF launches new cyberinfrastructure project to succeed TeraGrid

A partnership of 17 institutions last week announced a new project that allows researchers open access to the power of supercomputers, advanced computational tools and digital resources and services directly ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

SDSC's Trestles provides rapid turnaround and enhanced performance for diverse researchers

Trestles, a supercomputer launched earlier this year by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, is proving itself as a valuable resource for researchers across a wide range of ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Supercomputer simulations to help predict tornadoes

Each year, tornadoes tear across the United States, causing numerous deaths and physical damage to the environment and infrastructure.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Transforming robotics with biologically inspired learning models

I walked into the building and there was a human-sized robot waiting to greet me. 

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

SDSC's CIPRES Gateway provides window to the past -- and fast

A novel supercomputing resource created by researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, is allowing scientists to study evolutionary relationships among large populations of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Globus Online service to use the grid for high-performance file transfer

A new tool that will provide secure file–transfer service to manage large–scale data was introduced Nov. 18 at an international conference in New Orleans. Globus Online, which will use a cloud–based system r ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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