by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 28, 2021 | Bridges, Science Highlights
Virtual Brain Injury Study Identifies Key Factors in Potential Nerve-fiber Damage Initial Report Uses Simulation on Bridges for a Finer-Scale Look at Stresses Leading to TBI Whether from auto collisions, sports impacts, battlefield injuries or other causes,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 26, 2021 | News
Program marks 15 years of offering bioinformatics curriculum to high school teachers, opening new career paths for students Amanda Sciorillo can’t remember when she first decided she wanted to be a teacher. Back as far as she can recall, and into high school, it...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 20, 2021 | Collaborations, Press release
NIH-funded SenNet to Create 3D Atlas of Aging Tissues, Shedding Light on Nerve Degeneration, Diabetes, Cancer and Normal Tissue Functions Grants totaling as much as $125 million over five years to 16 institutions across the U.S. will enable scientists to explore the...
by Megan Carroll | Oct 6, 2021 | Press release
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), founded in 1986, is celebrating its 35-year anniversary with proclamations from government officials. Proclamations have been signed by US Congressman Mike Doyle, Governor Tom Wolf, PA State Senators Pat Stefano and John...
by Deb Nigra | Oct 4, 2021 | Neocortex events
Webinar: Neocortex Overview and Upcoming Call for Proposals Program important dates and deadlines Applications for program open: Oct. 14, 2021 Applications deadline: Nov. 12, 2021 (Anywhere on Earth) Response begins: Nov. 15, 2021 Response ends: Nov. 29, 2021...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 4, 2021 | Press release
PSC’s Shawn Brown Speaks at U.N. Panel on Leveraging Data, AI for Alleviating Hunger Computer technology has a pivotal role to play in reducing world hunger and food disparity, said Shawn Brown, director of PSC, at the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit. But only...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 27, 2021 | Anton, Anton 2, Science Highlights
Anton 2 Simulations Explain mechanism for Loading DNA into Virus Two-phase Motor Packages DNA into Viral Capsids, May Offer Drug Target To cause disease, viruses must package their DNA into new virus particles to infect more cells. An important step—and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 24, 2021 | Bridges, Science Highlights
Bridges Simulations Uncover Shortcoming in Models of Early Universe Scientists Propose “Hybrid Approach” to Correct Key Simplification, Allowing Accurate Simulations of Galactic Evolution The origin of the Universe—and its galaxies—is an enormous, and...
by PSC | Sep 16, 2021 | Features, Inside PSC
For some people starting a new job in the middle of a pandemic would be a disheartening experience—not seeing or meeting any of your coworkers except via Zoom could be lonely and a bit depressing. But not so for Ivan Cao-Berg who hit the ground running on his...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 2, 2021 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Pitt, PSC Collaboration Develops AI Tool for “Long Tail” Stamp Recognition in Japanese Historic Documents Bridges and Bridges-2 Power Study of Business Documents that Promises Better Automated Study of Datasets with Numerous Rare Items, a Key Limitation in...
