Feature Stories Archive

2010 Features

• SC'10 Wrap-Up [Download PDF version]
  TACC Nets Awards, Enables Student Cluster Team, and Highlights Top Science


• 8 Things You Should Know About GPGPU Technology [Download PDF version]
  Q&A with TACC Research Scientists


• TACC to Present Research Highlights and Future Directions at SC'10 [Download PDF version]
  Visit us at Booth #2547 from November 16-18 in New Orleans


• The Austin Forum on Science, Technology & Society – It's Been a Great Year!
  Photos from a year of stellar talks


• Methods of Entanglement Showcases the Intersection of Art and Technology [Download PDF version]
  TACC's Second Art Exhibition Attracts Diverse Audience, Generates Strong Interest


• Morphing Metals [Download PDF version]
  Texas A&M researchers exploit shape memory transformations to design smart materials for industry


• Solving an Earth-sized Jigsaw Puzzle [Download PDF version]
  Petascale simulations by Caltech and University of Texas researchers map the motions of the Earth's mantle


• Coffee-Powered Supercomputing at SC10 [Download PDF version]
  Students compete in cluster challenge using the energy equivalent of three coffee-makers


• Supercomputing: There's an App for That [Download PDF version]
  MIT researchers use Ranger to prove the potential of simulation on a small device


• Safe Travels [Download PDF version]
  New computational system developed by UTSA researchers simulates metal fatigue on aircraft


• Getting Ahead of the Spill [Download PDF version]
  University of Texas researchers aid Gulf oil spill effort with satellite detection and supercomputer-enabled forecasts


• Good OMENs [Download PDF version]
  Purdue researchers match experimental results with simulations of nanoscale transistors using Ranger


• Building Skills that Count [Download PDF version]
  Supercomputing curriculum helps students gain advanced computing knowledge essential to research


• Cyberinfrastructure for Plant Biologists [Download PDF version]
  The iPlant Collaborative releases new web-based tools to help plant scientists integrate massive datasets


• Sound Science [Download PDF version]
  Simulations at Harvard researchers on Ranger show how subtle mutations cause deafness


• Exploring Creativity in Digital Space [Download PDF version]
  TACC launches new event series to showcase digital media at extreme scales


• Visionaries [Download PDF version]
  University of Texas leaders, researchers, and students use TACC Visualization Laboratory to dramatic effect


• Cleaner Coal through Computation [Download PDF version]
  Stanford researcher uses Ranger to design better pollution controls


• The Universe's Magnetic Personality [Download PDF version]
  Simulations by University of Wisconsin researchers explore turbulence at the cosmic scale


• Blueprint for the Affordable Genome [Download PDF version]
  Ranger helps University of Illinois researchers simulate nanopore gene sequencer


• Catching Evolution in Action [Downlonad PDF version]
  UT biologist studies coral and worm RNA to learn how new traits develop


• In Search of Tomorrow's Cures [Download PDF version]
  University of Texas researchers set out to benchmark and develop computational approaches for accurate, efficient drug discovery


• Computational Biology at the Texas Advanced Computing Center [Download PDF version]
  Life scientists are increasingly using advanced computing to model life's basic processes and improve human health.


• The Skeleton of Chaos [Download PDF version]
  Tufts mathematician uses Ranger to uncover secrets of dynamical systems


• Solar Revisions [Download PDF version]
  3D simulations at TACC force scientists to reevaluate the Sun's composition


• Five Years, Half a million members, and 300,000 Years of Service to Society [Download PDF version]
  TACC, IBM and World Community Grid celebrate research milestones


• Tuning Nanoparticles for Speed [Download PDF version]
  UT chemical engineer simulates nanoscale systems to understand and influence how particles behave in materials


• Tomorrow's Forecast: Clear with a Chance of Tremors [Download PDF version]
  CyberShake computations at TACC produce dynamic ground motion map for Southern California


• Two Years of Super Science [Download PDF version]
  Ranger celebrates its second full year enabling computational achievements


• Urgent Computing Aids Haiti Relief Effort [Download PDF version]
  UT's Center for Space Research and Texas Advanced Computing Center enable real-time decision-making for scientists and first responders


• Good Day Sunshine [Download PDF version]
  MIT researchers simulate new materials on Ranger to improve solar photovoltaic cells


• Defensive Programming [Download PDF version]
  TACC senior research associate, Robert McLay, develops tools and techniques to achieve sound computational results