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SDSC Receives Two ‘Best’ HPCwire Awards for 2020

November 16, 2020

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego received two HPCwire awards for 2020, including ‘Best Use of HPC (High-Performance Computing) in the Cloud’, and ‘Best Use of HPC in Energy’.

National Science Foundation Forms Throughput Computing Partnership

November 9, 2020

SDSC is part of a multi-year NSF award to harness the computing capacity of thousands of computers assembled in a network of campus clusters to substantially cut time to science results that might take years to be done in days, especially for applications that are parallel by design.

Energizing Plastics Renewability, Recycling Efforts

October 30, 2020

Research proposals by Professors Michael Burkart and Jon Pokorski were selected for funding as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Plastics Innovation Challenge to accelerate energy-efficient plastics recycling technologies.

Tibetan Snow, Ice Pack New Insights into Environmental, Climatic Change

October 28, 2020

Research findings by UC San Diego’s Mark Thiemens and former Chancellor’s Dissertation Medalist Mang Lin narrow down the complex nitrogen cycles at work in the atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and, potentially, the biosphere.

High-Performance Computing Aids in Predicting Oil Dispersal During Spills

October 21, 2020

Supercomputer simulations, done using resources at UC San Diego by researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), show how oil dilutes under specific conditions, which may lead to more effective countermeasures against large oil spills.

Making Heads or Tails Out of Phospholipid Synthesis

October 12, 2020

UC San Diego chemical biology researchers achieve the first, efficient, enzyme-free, watery creation of natural phospholipids, opening new routes for lipid synthesis in artificial cells and providing insights for sustainable chemistry.

Supercomputer Simulations Help Create 3-D Models of Fresh Water Plastic Pollution

October 12, 2020

The transport of nine types of plastics floating in Lake Erie was modeled in studies that used SDSC's Comet supercomputer to create a 3D model of invasive plastic particles.

Nobel Laureate, Pioneer in Atmospheric Chemistry Mario Molina Dies

October 9, 2020

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awardee and Distinguished Professor Mario Molina will be remembered for dedicating his life to research and working to protect our environment.

Ambitious Project to Understand Cellular Evolution Underway

October 6, 2020

Project focuses on lipids (fat molecules) as the starting point to understand the evolution of eukaryotic cells, carrying implications for human health and disease

Astronomers Take a Closer Look at the Centers of Galaxies

September 29, 2020

Researchers affiliated with the UC San Diego Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences show that high-density and continuous matter feed a galaxy’s black hole to keep the AGN active and bright
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