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Researchers Rely on Comet to Showcase Color-Changing Materials

June 3, 2019

According to a release issued in April by Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), a serendipitous discovery by graduate student Dylan T. Christiansen has led to materials that quickly change color from completely clear to a range of vibrant hues – and back again.

Supercomputer Simulations Show Black Holes and Their Magnetic Bubbles

May 7, 2019

University of California and Princeton scientists have been collaborating on a computational astrophysics project to learn more about the recent discovery of a black hole which sits in the middle of a galaxy called Messier 87 (M87), approximately 55 million light years from Earth.

SDSC’s Sherlock Cloud Expands Hybrid Cloud Offerings

May 1, 2019

The Health Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Division of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego, has partnered with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services (Azure) to expand its portfolio of cloud services.

UC San Diego’s HPWREN Workshop Attracts First Responders, Scientists, Educators

April 24, 2019

Users of UC San Diego’s High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN)gathered in April for updates on current projects and plans for the internet-connected cyberinfrastructure of cameras and sensors that alert first-responders to wildfires in remote areas of greater San Diego.

Melissa Cragin Joins SDSC’s Research Data Services Group

April 8, 2019

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego announced today the appointment of Melissa Cragin as Chief Strategist for SDSC’s Research Data Services (RDS) group, effective immediately.

SDSC’s Phylogenetics Science Gateway Awarded NSF/Internet2 Grant

April 8, 2019

The CIPRES science gateway, based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, has been awarded a one-year Internet2 grant giving researchers access to the AWS Cloud.

Supercomputers Aid Our Understanding of Complex Brain Waves

April 1, 2019

Using the Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego, campus researchers have demonstrated they can efficiently analyze more than 1,000 EEG 128-channel high-density data sets via the new Open EEGLAB Portal running on SDSC’s Neuroscience Gateway.

Sarcasm Detectors and Gene Transfers: Institute Awards Innovative Research Scholarships

March 28, 2019

Developing how the heart forms and brain works. How to analyze sarcasm computationally. Harnessing computers to develop campaign rhetoric across the spectrum. Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute announced innovative undergraduate research scholarship projects across academic disciplines.

Supercomputer Simulations Help Combat Tuberculosis (TB) Granulomas

March 20, 2019

Researchers from the University of Michigan relied on supercomputers at UC San Diego and elsewhere to help them develop detailed models to better understand how TB spreads throughout the lungs.

UC San Diego Study Points to Virus-Related Acceleration in Some Cancers

March 14, 2019

A new paper by UC San Diego researchers hypothesizes a possible link between cancer-causing viruses.
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