by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 10, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Moiré superlattices make use of the phenomenon the moiré pattern, in which the wave interference of two similar patterns create new, often mesmerizing and undulating patterns. Wigner Crystals’ Behavior Charted and Compared with Theory, Providing New Tool for Studying...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 28, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
PSC’s Cray T3D Stretched Warning from Half an Hour to Six Hours, Fine Tuning Prediction to Cover Local Storms In 1995, severe-weather predictions could only give about half an hour’s warning. That’s not much of a heads-up for travelers on the road, airports shuffling...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 7, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
World2Rules Uses Robotics Institute’s Amelia-42 Dataset to Learn Rules for Identifying Collision Risks that Humans Can Understand In managing airport traffic, small errors can cause catastrophe. Today at a NASA symposium in Los Angeles, a group from the CMU Robotics...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 22, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
Computer simulations of the heart have come a long way. In 1993, scientists used PSC’s Cray C90 to make a breakthrough that laid the foundations for today’s cutting-edge simulations. Early Access on CRAY C90 in 1993 Ironed Out Problems in Early Heart Model...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 9, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Mass casualty incidents can rapidly overwhelm rescuers. Advances in robotic coordination may help human rescuers more effectively use the triage process to prioritize who to help first. CMU Team Responds to $7-Million DARPA Challenge with Robot-Human Team, Guided by...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 3, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
The link between the Cray Y-MP and the Connection Machine CM-2 paved the way for high-performancing parallel interfacing between supercomputers. Pictured here, the Cray T3D system is installed, which was connected with a data-transfer link to the Cray C90. 1991 Union...
