Simulating the Life Cycle of a Cell with NCSA’s Delta
Researchers gained new insights into the essential processes of life by simulating the full cycle of a bacterial cell on NCSA’s Delta supercomputer.
Srikant Named NCSA’s New Director
R. Srikant took over responsibilities as NCSA director at the start of 2026.
Newsweek Features NCSA
Champaign-Urbana makes an appearance on Newsweek’s top tech cities list, due in-part to NCSA.
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,
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
Thunderstorm Visualization Debuts at SIGGRAPH
The visualizations of thunderstorms that an NCSA team built in 1989 were not only palatable, they were beautiful and hugely informative. The animation of a thunderstorm as it forms debuted
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