On March 1, 2002, European researchers looked to the sky as the Envisat satellite mission began. Envisat hosted nine instruments designed to gather information about the Earth’s atmosphere in unprecedented detail. The satellite continued to send data back to Earth until 2012, when European Space Agency (ESA) staff lost contact and declared an official end […]

Beyond the immediate investigations surrounding new variants and pharmaceuticals, the Covid-19 pandemic is raising the profile of another crucial, anxiety-inducing question: where will the next pandemic come from, and how can we be better-prepared? As Covid took hold, Artem Babaian—a researcher at the University of Cambridge—scoured enormous genomic datasets for viral fingerprints, leveraging vast cloud […]

Once fully operational, LUMI is expected to be one of the world’s most efficient and environmentally friendly supercomputers. Launching LUMI is a multi-stage process: the operating environment expands as the system is commissioned. The post Multi-Phase Launch of LUMI Supercomputer Promising for Solving Intricate Research Challenges appeared first on HPCwire.

The Ohio State University recently announced it is establishing the Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (CQISE), building on the momentum around a discipline with far-reaching economic and societal impacts. The post Ohio State Establishes Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering appeared first on HPCwire.

The first-ever appearance of a previously undetectable quantum excitation known as the axial Higgs mode – exciting in its own right – also holds promise for developing and manipulating higher temperature quantum materials for quantum computing and quantum information sciences broadly. The post Newly-Observed Higgs Mode Holds Promise in Quantum Computing appeared first on HPCwire.

A round of applause broke out in the CERN Control Centre on 5 July at 4.47 p.m. CEST when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) detectors switched on all subsystems and started recording high-energy collisions at the unprecedented energy of 13.6 TeV, ushering in a new physics season. This feat was made possible thanks to the […]

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with the Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) STEM Research and Development Consortium (MSRDC), awarded $3.2 million for eight projects at seven MSIs through the recently announced Science and Technology Research Partnership program. These projects will advance the Biden Administration’s goals of advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields and […]

As the computing and data needs of MIT’s research community continue to grow — both in their quantity and complexity — the Institute is launching a new effort to ensure that researchers have access to the advanced computing resources and data management services they need to do their best work. The post MIT to Launch […]

For humans, background noise is generally just a minor irritant. But for quantum computers, which are very sensitive, it can be a death knell for computations. And because “noise” for a quantum computer increases as the computer is tasked with more complex calculations, it can quickly become a major obstacle. The post Scientists Simulate ‘Fingerprint’ […]

A diverse crowd of computing experts and enthusiasts gathered at the Bradbury Science Museum recently to celebrate the opening of a revamped supercomputing exhibit. Leadership, designers, historians and scientists from the Laboratory’s past and present ate cupcakes and talked petaflop clusters while exploring the exhibit’s newest features and stories. The post Supercomputing History Unveiled at […]