by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 17, 2018 | Science Highlights
Bridges Helps Quantum Chemists Understand Break-up of Atmospheric Chemicals The U.S. Air Force would like to detect remotely when bad guys have fired a rocket. They’d also like, in an emergency, to seed the atmosphere to damp down communication disruptions from solar...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 17, 2018 | Science Highlights
Simulations Show how HIV Drug Traps Virus in an Inactive State Though AIDS survival is up and new cases are down, the HIV virus is still a major cause of sickness and death. Juan Perilla of the University of Delaware and his colleagues used the Anton 2 system at the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 17, 2018 | Science Highlights
Anton 2 Simulations Give Clue to Poorly Understood Role of Cellular “Bricks” Tubulin proteins are the cell’s “Lego bricks,”connecting with themselves into tubular structures that help give living cells shape and stiffness. But the protein may also play a role in...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 17, 2018 | Science Highlights
Pitt Researchers Use Bridges to Optimize Doctor Visits for Kidney Patients The biggest causes of death in developed countries—heart disease, cancer, chronic organ failure—are complex conditions that may be best treated by long-term management rather than attempting to...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 17, 2018 | Science Highlights
USING CLOUD-BASED “BACKFILL CYCLES” ON BRIDGES ENABLES VERY HIGH RESOLUTION FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING From children’s playing fields to professional stadiums to battle fields, doctors are more and more worried about traumatic brain injury (TBI) that lurks after a...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 20, 2017 | Science Highlights
PSC Interns Advance AI, Cybersecurity, System Administration Bridges-Powered Research Wins PEARC17 Award Early Successes on Anton 2 WVU awarded $1 million grant from NSF for new HPC cluster at PSCHPC cluster at PSC PSC Interns Advance AI,...
