November 2019
Spying on cancer
With an assist from the Mira supercomputer, researchers are tuning an imaging technique to detect possible cancers in their early stages.
Category Archives: Biology
April 2019
Biting back at the flu bug
Supercomputer power is providing influenza insights to help drug designers produce a more effective vaccine.
September 2018
Overcoming resistance
To revive antibiotics and devise new drug designs, Georgia Tech researchers team up with Oak Ridge’s Titan supercomputer.
March 2018
Protein shape-sifting
Rice University team computes protein conformations for paths around autoimmunity.
May 2017
Brain-like computing
Biologically inspired architectures create opportunities and obstacles.
June 2013
Hard target
A supercomputer has modeled the HIV capsid, opening drug possibilities.
July 2011
The cloud versus E. coli
A European E. coli outbreak tests a DOE cloud computing testbed.
March 2011
Pinpointing proteins
A PNNL team’s method ratchets up accuracy to identify peptides.
March 2011
Simulating Life
Simulating biology from the subcellular to the whole human will require a big-picture view made possible only through exascale computing.
January 2010
Like clockwork
Using genetic engineering and computer modeling, researchers have built a genetic clock, in which bacteria use chemical signals to generate synchronized waves of activity.