Mapping the Migration Mysteries of Birds
With the aid of ACCESS resource Bridges-2, researchers were able to clean up bird observation data to optimize it for AI training.
Science Stories
Expanse Helps to Accelerate Materials Discovery Process – and maybe a Student’s Career
Some scientists have recently studied perovskites because of their material properties that can be used in things such as solar cells. A team of researchers from Ames National Laboratory and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich – along with a talented undergraduate – used the powerful HPC resource at the San Diego Supercomputer Center for their study.
6/08/2023
Researchers Use Expanse to Explore Causes of Friction
Engineering scholars from Johns Hopkins University used Expanse at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego to create simulations to model the friction between two rough surfaces coated with fatty acids.
6/06/2023
The Winds of Change
Researchers at Cornell University help illuminate the future of wind energy in North America.
6/02/2023
Supercomputer Simulations Explain Life-Critical Protein in the Brain
A team of computational chemists from Carnegie Mellon University ran simulations on an Anton 2 supercomputer and the Bridges-2 system at PSC to reveal insights about a protein that plays a role in epileptic seizures.
5/23/2023
The Search for Better Battery Life
With the help of Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer, Yale researchers are trying to find ways to improve lithium batteries.
5/10/2023
Landscape Metaphors Unearth Insights into the Evolution of World Religions
A team from Carnegie Mellon University and the Santa Fe Institute compared data from more than 400 world religions in a unique way by applying landscape metaphors – peaks and valleys – to examine functional patterns of worship and belief. Their approach using the Bridges-2 system revealed how some religions persist or change and others die out.
4/26/2023
Computational Biology Studies Move Researchers Closer to Treating Rare Form of Alzheimer’s Disease
University of Kansas researchers who study a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease used Expanse at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego to conduct studies on how mutations of a critical protein enzyme could be treated to better control thought, language and memory.
4/12/2023
Billions and Billions of Stars
ACCESS resources aid in the cataloging of almost two hundred thousand new galaxies and thousands of possible black holes.
3/29/2023
‘Transparent’ AI Improves Outcome Prediction in Medicare Patients
Researchers use Bridges-2 supercomputer to develop software that mimics properties of AI that are more understandable to humans.
3/15/2023