by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 14, 2022 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Peak water level simulated during Hurricane Ian by the ADCIRC model. Timely predictions assist emergency efforts throughout state, federal responses Hurricane Ian was a historically deadly hurricane. But fast storm surge predictions led by scientists at the University...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 16, 2022 | Collaborations, Press release
Mouse brain image showing several imaging modalities Five-year NIH funding scales up Brain Image Library to handle vastly increased data The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a total of $5.8 million over the next five years to a collaboration of...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 14, 2022 | AI, Bridges-2, Press release
Thirteenth Year PSC Is Recognized by HPCwire Awards, Given to Leaders in the Global High Performance Computing Community Science performed with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s (PSC’s) advanced research computers has been recognized with two HPCwire Editors’...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 1, 2022 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
The Coma Cluster contains more than 1,000 galaxies. Scientists have long been frustrated by large uncertainties in its mass. Predicted mass of huge Coma Cluster agrees with earlier, human-intensive attempts; offers fast, accurate measurement needed to understand early...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 27, 2022 | Bridges, Science Highlights
Scientists have long wondered why Mercury (left) is so much smaller than Earth. The tiny planet is little more than the Earth’s iron core without its thick silicate mantle layer. Image from NASA. Outward movement of Venus and Earth may have swept up lighter...