Recent Press Releases

• Supercomputer Simulations Reveal Details of Galaxy Clusters

  

  Astrophysicists have developed cosmological computer simulations called RomulusC, which has produced some of the highest resolution simulations ever of galaxy clusters containing hundreds or even thousands of galaxies

  Published January 24, 2020

• SDSC’s Igor Tsigelny Co-Authors Brain Cancer Research Study

  

  After diagnosis, only thirty percent of glioblastoma patients survive more than two years, but researchers are seeking to improve the prognosis of those struck with this typically fatal cancer

  Published January 21, 2020

• UC San Diego-led Study Finds Close Evolutionary Proximity Between Microbial Domains in the ‘Tree of Life’

  

  An analysis of 10,575 genomes has revealed close proximity between microbial domains at the base of the tree of life, the branching pattern of evolution described by Charles Darwin 160 years ago

  Published January 17, 2020

• American Association for Thoracic Surgery Adopts HUBzero® Cloud Platform

  

  The new single science gateway includes customizable dashboards and advanced data visualization while providing hospitals and physicians with unfettered access to their data and the ability to share best practices via online collaborations

  Published January 14, 2020

• Supercomputer Simulations Showcase Novel Planet Formation Models

  

  Planets form when dust particles clump together and over millions of years continue to collide until one is formed. This lengthy and complicated process was recently modeled using a novel approach with the help of the Comet supercomputer.

  Published January 9, 2020

• SDSC Supercomputer Simulations Aid in Solving Boron Carbide Mystery

  

  Novel research findings at the nanoscale level assist in bettering the military armor of the future

  Published December 17, 2019

• SDSC’s Comet Supercomputer Helps Researchers Predict Carbon Dioxide Levels

  

  Due to changes in California’s land-use since the mid-1800s, the amount of carbon held in the Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems is likely to decline by approximately 10 percent through the year 2100

  Published December 5, 2019

• SDSC, Wisconsin U IceCube Center Conduct GPU Cloudburst Experiment

  

  This groundbreaking experiment successfully marshalled all globally available for-sale GPUs across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and the Google Cloud Platform to process the computation

  Published November 19, 2019

• SDSC Shares Top Supercomputing Achievement Award for 2019

  

  SDSC received three top HPCwire honors for 2019, including the Readers’ Choice Award for the use of the Comet supercomputer in helping astrophysics researchers gain new insights into gravitational waves

  Published November 18, 2019

• Predictive Science, Inc. Releases Influenza Predictions

  

  The cumulative number of reported cases in San Diego is currently the largest within the last decade or so, suggesting that flu activity is going to be high

  Published November 1, 2019