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News Release 15-143
10 ways advanced computing catalyzes science
NSF-supported supercomputing resources enable research that would otherwise be impossible
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![Visualization of 3-D Cerebellar Cortex model](/news/mmg/media/images/PR20151019_NeuroscienceGateway_f.jpg)
Visualization of 3-D Cerebellar Cortex model generated by researchers Angus Silver and Padraig Gleeson from University College London. The NeuroScience Gateway was used for simulations.
Credit: Angus Silver and Padraig Gleeson, University College London
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![students working on computers](/news/mmg/media/images/b623c38f.day1-2-c_f.jpg)
High-school students learn about supercomputer in the CODE@TACC summer program in Austin, Texas.
Credit: Texas Advanced Computing Center
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![Blue Waters supercomputer](/news/mmg/media/images/i14-bw_front_f.jpg)
The Blue Waters supercomputer at the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications enables researchers to investigate challenging and heretofore impossible problems.
Credit: NCSA/University of Illinois
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![Biologist Ray Ming next to a screen showing a plan](/news/mmg/media/images/ming_ray151001-m_f_abd2a0f3-77fc-4092-9fba-c61d054d2944.jpg)
Plant biology professor Ray Ming led an international team that sequenced the pineapple genome using iPlant.
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer
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Visualizations of future nano-transistors with diameters 1,000 times smaller than a human hair simulated on the Blue Waters supercomputer.
Credit: Institute for Nanoelectronic Modeling (iNEMO) led by Gerhard Klimeck
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