NCSA partners in establishing FABRIC, a testbed for reimagining how data can be stored, computed and moved.
Author: NCSA News Staff
NCSA Collaborates with NGA to Create the World’s Most Powerful Geospatial System
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced a new collaboration between the Blue Waters Project, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the University of Minnesota and The Ohio State University to produce digital elevation models (DEM) of the entire Earth
Collaborative Efforts Produce Clinical Workflows for Fast Translational Genetic Analysis
NCSA’s Genomics team partnered with the Mayo Clinic to speed up clinical testing as part of the Mayo Grand Challenge project
‘History Was Here’: NCSA’s Technology is Helping Unlock the Mystery of Medieval Graffiti
NCSA is helping scholars reach back in time to understand medieval history through graffiti.
New Broadening Participation Allocations Now Available on Blue Waters Supercomputer—Apply by March 1
This new category is open to faculty and research staff at U.S. academic institutions who have not previously been a PI on a research allocation on the Blue Waters system.
NCSA’s Blue Waters project provides $1.08 billion direct return to Illinois’ economy
Editor’s note: The original version of this article had inaccurate funding information related to the construction of the National Petascale Computing Facility. It has been corrected. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign released a study Wednesday detailing the current and projected economic impact of its Blue Waters project on Illinois’ economy. […]
Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein’s Prediction
For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. This confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity.
A Direct Bridge
An algorithm developed by University of Arkansas engineers aids both computational scientists and experimentalists exploring the atomic scale structure of materials.
Behind the Scenes of ‘Hubble 3D’
Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, this documentary film takes viewers through distant galaxies as it tells the story of the repair and upgrade of the Hubble telescope.
NCSA Researcher Simulates Entire Life Form
A recent simulation of the satellite tobacco mosaic virus is a striking first. There’s never been a computer simulation of an entire life form in atomic detail. Until now.