Research Improving the World Through Agriculture CDA REU students get valuable experience from UIUC research mentors over the summer August 24, 2022
Announcements Delta Illinois Allocation Award Requests Open UIUC researchers are invited to apply for time on NCSA’s newest computing and data resource. February 7, 2022
Announcements NCSA Researcher Contribute to USDA-Funded Agrivoltaics Project Illinois researchers across disciplines have received $10 million to research agrivoltaic systems October 11, 2021
Publications Marginal Land for Growing Bioenergy Crops Less Than Estimated NCSA’s Blue Waters aids researchers in estimating marginal land available for bioenergy production. September 23, 2021
Research Helping Teens Study the Universe High school students got first-hand experience studying space and the Universe last week through the Girls’ Astronomy Summer Camp run by Illinois’ Department of Astronomy and NCSA’s Center for Astrophysical Surveys. July 20, 2021
Announcements From Planets to Galaxies and Gravitational Waves The international DES collaboration uses a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images compiled with the help of NCSA to make remarkable discoveries about our Universe. June 14, 2021
Announcements Dark Energy Survey Releases Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution The Dark Energy Survey collaboration has created the largest ever maps of the distribution and shapes of galaxies, tracing both ordinary and dark matter in the universe out to a distance of more than 7 billion light years. June 7, 2021
Research Big Data Aids PPE Research University of Illinois professor awarded a $200,000 RAPID grant to design a 3D-printable medical mask inspired by the nasal structures of animals. May 26, 2021
Profiles NCSA Gravity Group Prepares Students for Their Futures Seven NCSA Gravity Group interns share bright post-graduation plans. May 18, 2021
Announcements NCSA Announces 2021 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship Recipient Ariana Barreau receives NCSA’s eDream Institute’s Fiddler Innovation Fellowship Award at the Illinois Innovation Prize virtual ceremony on April 15, 2021. April 19, 2021
Research NCSA Researchers Identify Biomarkers to Accelerate Liver Toxicity Testing in New Products More rapid and accurate testing methods could lead to safer products on the market. December 18, 2020
Publications NCSA Faculty Fellows Gain Nutritional Insights from Biomarkers A research team led by NCSA Faculty Fellows were able to apply machine learning to human nutrition research. December 2, 2020
Research NCSA Contributes to Mobileshield COVID Testing Lab NCSA experts help to automate lab processes to make COVID-19 saliva testing more efficient and mobile November 19, 2020
Research NCSA’s Blue Waters Helps NASA Conduct Groundbreaking Tree Mapping Study and Carbon Research Machine learning lets researchers map 1.8 billion trees across an area of more than 500,000 square miles. October 19, 2020
Research Deep Learning Model Opens Doors for Innovation in Complex Materials Design A diverse NCSA research team, which includes an Illinois MechSE undergraduate, uses AI and HPC to train a model capable of deploying metamaterial design with topology optimization on laptops that produce accurate and rapid results. September 29, 2020
Announcements NCSA Releases Latest Blue Waters Project Annual Report Dive into the groundbreaking research being done on Blue Waters, from astrophysics to biology. September 15, 2020