(Phys.org) —Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have performed record simulations using all 1,572,864 cores of Sequoia, the largest supercomputer in the world. Sequoia, based on IBM BlueGene/Q architecture, ...
Hardware
Mar 19, 2013
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As computer manufacturers cram ever more processing power onto tiny chips, they face a growing problem. The connections between electronic components that measure just a few billionths of a meter across allow electrons to ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 13, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, and Google have developed a novel approach that allows the massive infrastructure powering cloud computing to run more efficiently. The new approach ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 7, 2013
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When a bubble of air rising through water hits a sheet of glass, it doesn't simply stop—it squishes, rebounds, and rises again, before slowly moving to the barrier. This seemingly simple process actually involves some knotty ...
General Physics
Feb 27, 2013
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(Phys.org)—A Simon Fraser University chemist is the lead author on a new paper that advances scientific understanding of the structure and function of glycoproteins, in particular the number and positioning of sugars on ...
Biochemistry
Feb 6, 2013
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Human hair is a complex, multi-layered material, the composition of which is only partly established. Hair fibers are sheathed in a thin protective coating called the epicuticle, but despite its industrial importance—the ...
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2013
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(Phys.org)—For high school students with emotional and behavioral problems, the stakes couldn't be much higher: With dropout rates higher than 50 percent, members of this group who leave school before graduation often endure ...
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2012
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Modules "set the table" for users of high performance computing system by loading the packages each user needs. Lmod, developed at TACC, protects users so they can't load mismatched compilers, libraries, and other parts of ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 14, 2012
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AMD today launched the AMD FirePro S10000, the industry's most powerful server graphics card, designed for high-performance computing (HPC) workloads and graphics intensive applications. The AMD FirePro S10000 is the first ...
Hardware
Nov 12, 2012
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Nanoparticles can be potent catalysts. Bimetallic nano-alloys of platinum and palladium, for example, can help to generate hydrogen fuel by promoting the electrochemical breakdown of water. Identifying the most active nano-alloy ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 7, 2012
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