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TACC people, resources and services are highlighted in a range of news sources. Below are representative stories that showcase TACC's impact on science and society. Click on the links to read these articles online. PDFs are available where story links have expired, or a login is required.

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Metamaterials and how to make something invisible

GigaOM, April 24, 2012

If you combine nanomaterials, lightwaves, and a supercomputer it's possible to make an 18-centimeter tube invisible… to a microwave. Clearly this falls far short of the human hope of making an actual invisibility cloak, but it is an advancement in the science of cloaking objects, including airplanes or drones.

Movie Packs Virtual Birth of Universe into Mere Minutes

LiveScience, March 15, 2012

To be sure, director Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" is a very pretty picture. So much so, its Oscar nomination for best cinematography caps a long list of awards the film has garnered since its preview at Cannes last May, including bests from the American Society of Cinematographers, BAFTA, Golden Globes, New York Film Critics and dozens more. Highly detailed visualizations of galaxy models were created at NCSA and Volker Bromm's first-starlight model was generated at TACC.

UT receives $10 million gift for supercomputing

Austin American Statesman, February 21, 2012

The University of Texas was looking for a jump-start for a new kind of computer-based science research and once more Dallas philanthropist Peter O'Donnell has written the check. O'Donnell, who has donated heavily to support UT science and engineering research efforts over the past several decades, is giving $10 million to the Texas Advanced Computing Center to spur more work on "data-intensive science."

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