Archive for: supercomputing

 

Tower Shines Bright for Student Supercomputing Win

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Many a sports fan hopes the UT Tower will glow orange after a game on the football field. But last night, the Tower was lit for another kind of win: A student team...

 
 

Molecular Matchmaking for Drug Discovery

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Some of the greatest advances in pharmaceutical history are thanks to educated guesswork or blind luck. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin when he noticed that...

 
 

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Texas Scientists Grow the Tree of Life

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You may think the Tree of Life was settled a long time ago, but scientists continue to refine, and sometimes radically alter, our understanding of how species are...

 
 

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The Need For Speed

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In 10 years, Jay Boisseau has taken UT from supercomputing minor player to national powerhouse. Now he wants to use Texas’ latest machine to tackle society’s...

 
 

UT Wins $50 Million to Build ‘Stampede’ Supercomputer

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Last week, news broke that UT has won a grant to build the baddest-ass supercomputing system anywhere. The machine, which will be called “Stampede,”...

 
 

Lonestar 4 Supercomputer Dedicated

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Supercomputing is vital to progress in automotive, aerospace, medical, pharmaceutical, energy, and many other industries. And as President Bill Powers puts it, at...

 
 
 
 
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