by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 13, 2026 | Bridges-2, Data Handling and Analytics, Science Highlights
Robotics Institute Team Uses Bridges-2 to Plan Warehouse Layouts, Robotic Coordination When programming warehouse robots you need to have them coordinate so they don’t get in each other’s way. Fortunately, in a warehouse you can change the environment — the layout of...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 29, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
The role of black holes in the evolution of the universe were re-envisioned by work on PSC’s Cray XT3. In this illustration from NASA, Sagittarius A* (A-star) is surrounded by bending light and flashes of energy. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 27, 2026 | Collaborations, News, Press release, Resources, Systems, TangleLab
A Novera™ QPU and associated cables and hardware installed in a dilution refrigerator. Copyright Rigetti Computing. $5-Million NSF Grant will Enable Center, with Partners HPE and Rigetti Computing, to Construct TangleLab System A hybrid quantum-classical computer will...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 22, 2026 | AI, Collaborations, News, Press release, Research, Staff
PSC’s Paola Buitrago Co-PI on CMU-Led GEM-AI Project to Harness AI to Find Critical Minerals By Aaron Aupperlee, CMU School of Computer Science, and Ken Chiacchia, PSC A new artificial intelligence framework will better identify critical minerals in the ground,...
by Chris Csonka | Jul 22, 2026 | Anniversary, Features, Inside PSC, Staff
PSC tech mastermind Jim Kasdorf (center), with PSC founders Mike Levine and Ralph Roskies. PSC’s Chris Csonka sat down with Jim Kasdorf, PSC’s first supercomputer expert, and his wife Kate, to chat about the early days at PSC and Jim’s role in the center’s...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 15, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Record-setting Thermal Conductivity Improves on Metals’ Electron-Based Conductivity, Helping Smaller Devices Dump Heat Smaller, faster devices are having more and more trouble dumping the heat they generate. Copper has long been the “gold standard” for conducting heat...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 9, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
2002 Simulation of Aquaporin Protein Showed How Cells Maintain Balance Needed for Healthy Functions Our bodies’ cells must allow water to cross their membranes while maintaining strategic imbalances of other molecules. In 2002, scientists were puzzled by how the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 24, 2026 | Bridges-3, News, Press release, Resources, Systems
NSF-Funded Bridges-3 Will Continue Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Focus on High-Performance Computing, Serving National Research and Education Goals A $10-million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to build...
by Chris Csonka | Jun 23, 2026 | Anniversary, Features, Inside PSC, Staff
Summer 2024 interns on their last day at PSC, with Ben on the far left. Ben Nalevanko, former PSC intern, sat down with Chris Csonka to talk about his time at the center and catch up with what he’s doing now. PSC40: Powering Discovery 2026 marks 40 years of...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 10, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Moiré superlattices make use of the phenomenon the moiré pattern, in which the wave interference of two similar patterns create new, often mesmerizing and undulating patterns. Wigner Crystals’ Behavior Charted and Compared with Theory, Providing New Tool for Studying...
