Supercomputer : Science World Report

Dec 21, 2016 05:10 AM EST

2016 Is The Worst Year As Far As Global Warming Is Concerned, Highest Temperature Ever Recorded

Scientists said that 2016 recorded highest ever rise in average temperature, as a result to man-made global warming, augmented by natural El Niño phenomenon.

Dec 02, 2015 06:22 PM EST

How Heavy Elements are Created: Supercomputers Reveal the Workings of Physics

Scientists have received some new insights when it comes to the creation of heavy elements.

Sep 15, 2015 11:20 AM EDT

Hospital Computer Predicts Death (WATCH)

A supercomputer in Boston can accurately predict the death of a patient with a 96 percent accuracy rate.

Jul 16, 2015 05:53 PM EDT

Quantum Computing: How Computers Can Surpass Their Limits with Light

Robots, mathematics, physics, climate simulations: All of these things rely on computers and computing. Computers, though, are quickly reaching their limits; they simply aren't fast enough and can't store enough information with smaller amounts of space.

May 08, 2014 07:37 AM EDT

Computer Simulation Recreates the Universe and 13 Billion Years of Cosmic History

Astronomers have managed to create the first realistic virtual universe using a computer simulation that can recreate 13 billion years of cosmic evolution in a cube that's 350 million light-years on a side.

Apr 07, 2014 04:08 PM EDT

SPEC Unveils New Standard Benchmark Suite for Supercomputer GPU Accelerator Devices

When evaluating computers and comparing performance, consumers, popular magazines, and websites rely on benchmarks to measure how powerful computer processors are.

Mar 21, 2014 09:56 PM EDT

Europe's Most Powerful Supercomputer Cleared for Users

Since the end of last year, Switzerland has boasted the most powerful supercomputer in Europe: "Piz Daint". As of today, it is officially cleared for research. For the approval, "early science" has already been conducted successfully on "Piz Daint" over the last few weeks.

Jan 09, 2014 02:58 PM EST

How the Open Science Grid helps U.S. Researchers Through the Power of Sharing

The sharing ecosystem for computing resources Open Science Grid (OSG) helps US researchers accomplish science, even without ‘owning’ any of the underlying computing resources.

Dec 18, 2013 02:54 PM EST

Handling Astronomical Data from the World's Largest Telescope

Square Kilometre Array to answer big questions with big data

Dec 11, 2013 05:47 PM EST

Race Toward Exascale Supercomputers is Starting, U.S. Scrambles to Compete

Significant changes in high-performance computing software and hardware have been on the horizon for nearly a decade.

Dec 09, 2013 02:52 PM EST

Unusual Supercomputer Design Poised to Enable More Accurate Climate Change Forecasts

They call it the Green Flash. While it evokes images of a muscled superhero with a lightning bolt hat, it’s actually a vision of a supercomputer that can model clouds like no other, with the potential to tell us what kind of climate change we're facing in the future.

Dec 06, 2013 04:15 PM EST

Supercomputer Helps to Clear Up Big Bang Chemical Conundrum

For roughly two decades, scientists have struggled to understand the ratio of lithium isotopes found within the bellies of the oldest stars in the universe. Now, with the aid of high-performance computing, an international group of researchers has put this cosmic problem to rest.