A 3D model of a DNA strand

Micro Motors

With the help of ACCESS resource Expanse, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign have been studying how to create some of the tiniest motors ever invented with inspiration from biological systems like DNA.

Colorful fish and reefs

The Push and Pull of the Ocean

An international group of researchers used SDSC’s Expanse supercomputer to create simulations of the currents in the California Current Ecosystem – an area spanning more than 1,800 miles along the coast from Canada to Mexico.