by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 4, 2021 | Press release
PSC’s Shawn Brown Speaks at U.N. Panel on Leveraging Data, AI for Alleviating Hunger Computer technology has a pivotal role to play in reducing world hunger and food disparity, said Shawn Brown, director of PSC, at the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit. But only...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 27, 2021 | Anton, Anton 2, Science Highlights
Anton 2 Simulations Explain mechanism for Loading DNA into Virus Two-phase Motor Packages DNA into Viral Capsids, May Offer Drug Target To cause disease, viruses must package their DNA into new virus particles to infect more cells. An important step—and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 24, 2021 | Bridges, Science Highlights
Bridges Simulations Uncover Shortcoming in Models of Early Universe Scientists Propose “Hybrid Approach” to Correct Key Simplification, Allowing Accurate Simulations of Galactic Evolution The origin of the Universe—and its galaxies—is an enormous, and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 2, 2021 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Pitt, PSC Collaboration Develops AI Tool for “Long Tail” Stamp Recognition in Japanese Historic Documents Bridges and Bridges-2 Power Study of Business Documents that Promises Better Automated Study of Datasets with Numerous Rare Items, a Key Limitation in...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 26, 2021 | Bridges, Science Highlights
Proof of concept for rational design of “biohybrid walkers” reduces lab testing, expense Biohybrid robots—made by adding living tissues such as muscle cells to an artificial skeleton—have a lot of potential for doing complex jobs at tiny scales. But...
