In a boost to multimessenger astrophysics, the observatory opened a new window to the universe by detecting a high-energy particle called an antineutrino. SDSC's Comet supercomputer was among the resources used to prove a 60-year-old theory.
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April 15, 2021
The solar system’s two largest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, received worldwide publicity on December 21, 2020, as they glided closer than they’ve been since 1623. Visible around the globe, “The Great Conjunction” placed the two planets only 0.1 degree apart.
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April 13, 2021
SDSC has selected the Intel company’s Habana Labs artificial intelligence training and inference accelerators to provide high-performance, high-efficiency AI compute for its experimental Voyager supercomputer.
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April 9, 2021
Researchers used supercomputers to observe and quantify thinning in the transentorhinal cortex region of the brain—an observation which could help provide an earlier diagnosis for patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease
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March 16, 2021
Supercomputer simulations explore the mechanical process of cancer cell division when a mother cell changes shape to segregate its chromosomes and other materials before cleaving itself into two daughter cells
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March 2, 2021
SDSC science writer Kim Bruch sat down with Joshua Jones, a doctoral student at Virginia Tech, to discuss his contribution not only to TZVOLCANO, but to overall geoscience research that utilizes high performance computing. The interview also provided an opportunity to reflect on Black History Month.
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February 23, 2021
Computational chemistry represents a challenging arena for machine learning, but researchers may have made it easier by developing an artificial intelligence approach to detect electron correlation – the interaction between a system’s electrons – which is vital but expensive to calculate in quantum chemistry
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February 8, 2021
Thanks to supercomputers, the research community has been making progress on developing more reliable and efficient electric cars and light trucks as well as other products by focusing on the batteries that power them
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January 29, 2021
A week before a solar eclipse, viewers got the chance to see what it might look like thanks to simulations generated on SDSC's recently launched Expanse supercomputer
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January 15, 2021
Understanding the breakdown process in corrosion helps in the design of effective alloys and corrosion inhibitors that can increase the service life of structures exposed to chloride attacks
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January 5, 2021
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