by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
From the Interim Director Welcome to the Fall 2018 issue of PSC Science Highlights! We continue our ongoing project to make PSC ever more relevant, agile, and tuned to the needs of the scientific community. The past six months have seen us reorganize to better exploit...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
NSF Extends Funding for PSC’s Bridges System PSC’s groundbreaking Bridges supercomputer will provide value to the research community for an additional year, extending operations through November 2020, thanks to $1.9 million in added operational funding from the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 28, 2018 | Science Highlights
CMU Group Uses PSC’s Bridges to Nail Down Cause in Brain Region Activity Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures brain activity as it happens. But on the surface, it’s hard to tell whether activity in one part of the brain is caused by activity in...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 28, 2018 | Science Highlights
University of Pennsylvania Team Uses PSC Systems to Explain Puzzling Lab Results The progressive memory loss of Alzheimer’s disease is devastating. Doctors have known for more than 100 years that plaques of clumped-together protein form...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 28, 2018 | Science Highlights
PSC Experts and Resources Enable Simulation of Non-steady Forces on Wind Turbines Rough winds are an issue for generating electricity from wind power. They can cause early failure of turbine components that limit the method’s monetary bottom line....
