NCSA’s Genomics team partnered with the Mayo Clinic to speed up clinical testing as part of the Mayo Grand Challenge project
Category: Research
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.
Hunt for the Supertwister
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign collaborated with visualization experts at NCSA in an effort to shed light on how the most violent tornadoes form and to create animations that reveal the inner behavior of tornado producing storms.
Playing the Supercomputer Game
When Sony later released the Linux Kit for the PS2, interest in the machines spread beyond the gaming community to a seemingly unlikely place: the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
NCSA Hits One Million CPU Hours in a Month
August 1999 marked the first time usage of a National Science Foundation high-performance computer topped one million normalized CPU hours in one month.
Eli Lilly Develops Asthma Drug
David Herron of Eli Lilly and Company harnessed high-performance computing to aid the fight against asthma from the moment the company joined NCSA’s Industrial Program, now the Private Sector Program, in 1987.
3D Volumetric Rendering of Mummy
The University of Illinois’ World Heritage Museum received a donated Egyptian mummy in 1989. An interdisciplinary team, including NCSA, then worked to better understand the mummification process and to determine the mummy’s age, sex, medical history, and cause of death.