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Simulation Reveals Secrets of Exotic Form of Electrons
University of Texas at Austin researchers mapped polarons, quasiparticles consisting of an electron and its surrounding distortions of atoms in a crystal lattice...
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How the Brain Prepares to Think
Researchers used the Texas Advanced Computing Center's Frontera supercomputer to probe the physics of thought activation in the brain.
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How to Train a Robot (Using AI and Supercomputers)
Computer scientists are using generative adversarial networks to train robots about objects.
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Supercomputing Future Wind Power Rise
Cornell University researchers used supercomputers to project scenarios for expanding U.S. wind power capacity.
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Supercomputing Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Models
Researchers have developed physics-based dynamic rupture models that can simulate complex earthquake ruptures using supercomputers.
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AI Oncologist to Help Cancer Patients Worldwide
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers devised a new way to automate the contouring of tumor volumes using artificial intelligence and deep neural...
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How to Catch a Fish Genome With Big Data
Researchers have assembled an annotated genome of the California Yellowtail for the first time.
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Overcoming a Battery's Fatal Flaw
Researchers are using the Stampede and Lonestar supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center to develop next-generation lithium-metal batteries.
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Supercomputing More Light Than Heat
Researchers have used the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment to gain access to more than 975,000 compute hours on the Maverick supercomputing...
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Cosmos Code Helps Probe Space Oddities
The Cosmos computer code is driving supercomputer models of black hole jets and is used to investigate other unusual space phenomena.
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Anticipating Aftershocks
Researchers in June released a major report summarizing the scientific and hazard results of the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast.
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Hpc, Analytical ltracentrifugation, and a New Detector
Recent insights into how the West Nile virus replicates using cell proteins were gained using analytical ultracentrifugation technology.
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Code @ Tacc Robotics Camp Delivers on Self-Driving Cars
The Texas Advanced Computing Center last month hosted a week-long summer camp during which 34 students received instruction from five staff scientists and two guest...
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How Pythons Regenerate Their Organs and Other Secrets of the Snake Genome
Researchers are using supercomputers to study reptile evolution.
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Advancing Cancer Immunotherapy With Computer Simulations and Data Analysis
Researchers have developed a unique mathematical model to probe interactions between prostate tumors and common cancer immunotherapies.
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Supercomputing the P53 Protein as a Promising Anticancer Therapy
University of California, San Diego professor Rommie Amaro is using a supercomputer to model the tumor suppression protein p53.
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Tornadogenesis
A University of Oklahoma researcher is using computational thinking to identify precursors of tornadoes by generating high-resolution simulations of supercell storms...
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Supercomputers Surprisingly Link Dna Crosses to Cancer
University of Texas at Austin researchers used supercomputers to discover a surprising link between cross-shaped pieces of DNA, or cruciforms, and human cancer. ...
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Exotic States Materialize With Supercomputers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have used supercomputers to find a new class of materials that possess an exotic state of matter.
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Simulating the Future of Fuel
University of Texas at Austin researchers are using first-principles-based, atomic-level computer simulations to improve the efficiency of fuel cells.12