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• After The Storm: Simulating and Visualizing Extreme Weather with XSEDE

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am0 views

  Stormy weather is perfect for hot tea, warm clothes, and cool science.

  Read more

• 2018-2019 NCSA Faculty Fellowship Application Now Available

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am0 views

  This competitive fellowship program provides a unique opportunity for faculty and researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by offering seed funding for startup collaborative research projects.

  Read more

• New Illinois med school built for health-tech future

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am0 views

  The Carle Illinois College of Medicine in Urbana-Champaign, which will welcome its first class of students in July, bills itself as the first medical doctorate program in the nation designed from inception to integrate engineering with medicine. Its hope is to graduate physician innovators who challenge the status quo and find solutions that reduce costs while improving access to and quality of care.

  Read the Chicago Tribune article on the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.

• Leading cloud providers join with NSF to support data science frontiers

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am0 views

  The National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing nearly $30 million in new funding for research in data science and engineering through its Critical Techniques, Technologies and Methodologies for Advancing Foundations and Applications of Big Data Sciences and Engineering (BIGDATA) program.

  Read the full story

• Women in IT Networking at SC applications

  Mar 2, 2018 11:30 am0 views

  WINS - Call for Participation - SC18 - Dallas, TX

  The Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program is now accepting applications for the 2018 program. Awardees will receive funding to participate as a SCinet team member during the SC18 conference in Dallas, Texas. Interested and qualified women are encouraged to apply. Please feel free to distribute this information to your networks and contacts.

  Access the 2018 WINS Application from the WINS website:

  women-in-networking.net/apply-to-wins/

  Application deadline: March 23, 2018 at 11:59pm AoE

  Award notifications will be sent by mid to late May 2018 

  WINS is a three year National Science Foundation-funded program that awards up to five early to mid-career women from diverse regions of the U.S. research and education community IT field to participate in the ground-up construction of SCinet, one of the fastest and most advanced computer networks in the world. WINS is a joint effort between the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), the Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER), and University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).

  Full text of the official 2018 WINS Call for Participation (CFP) is on the website.

• 2017 December Newsletter

  Mar 2, 2018 7:15 am0 views

  Read the December 2017 Technology Services Research IT Newsletter.

• NCSA Faculty Fellow Makes Breakthrough in Protein Prediction Using Deep Learning

  Mar 2, 2018 7:30 am0 views

  Jian Peng, NCSA Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Illinois and graduate student, Yang Liu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, have discovered a major breakthrough in protein structure predictions using deep learning data processed by NCSA’s  Blue Waters supercomputer published in Cell Systems journal.

  Read the full story.

• Dark Energy Survey data processed by NCSA now available to scientists everywhere

  Mar 2, 2018 7:30 am0 views

  Researchers around the world can now explore the first three years of data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) processed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  Read the full story

• Attend XSEDE's HPC Training Sessions to expand your knowledge of Big Data!

  Mar 2, 2018 7:30 am0 views

  We would like to call your attention to upcoming events being held at NCSA:

  March 6 - GPU Programming Using OpenACC

  Throughout the year, the Blue Waters and Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) projects, led by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), support a variety of interdisciplinary training sessions, workshops and webinars to assist researchers in expanding their computational and data analytics knowledge and providing skills to advance their research.

  The training sessions are offered as hands-on workshops that provide a convenient way for researchers to learn about the latest techniques and technologies of current interest in high performance computing (HPC). 

  Registration is free and required. The sessions are scheduled for 10 AM until 4 PM Central Time in Room 1030 of the NCSA building at 1205 W. Clark St. in Urbana. RSVP on Facebook to receive regular updates.

  If you need assistance finding relevant training sessions, contact us and we’ll work with you to help address your needs – bw-eot@ncsa.illinois.edu 

  The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) is a single virtual system that scientists can use to interactively share computing resources, data and expertise. People around the world use these resources and services — things like supercomputers, collections of data and new tools — to improve our planet. XSEDE is supported by the National Science Foundation.

• Spring Savvy Researcher Training Schedule Released

  Mar 2, 2018 7:30 am0 views

  The library’s spring schedule for the Savvy Researcher Workshop series has been released.

  Join us for 50 minute, hands-on workshops that will help you improve your research and information management skills.

  Digital Humanities-related sessions include:

  Building Digital Exhibitions with OmekaDigital

  Publishing with ScalarBasics of Data Visualization

  Introduction to Text Mining Concepts and Sources

  Topic Modeling Theory and Practice

  Messy Data? Clean it up with OpenRefine!

  Making Scanned Text Machine Readable through Optical Character Recognition

  Using the DPLA (Digital Public Library) Primary Resources for Research

  GIS for Research I: Introduction to GIS Concepts, Software, and Data

  GIS for Research II: GIS Research, Data Management, and Visualization

  For more details and registration:   http://go.library.illinois.edu/savvyresearcher

  All sessions held in the Main Library, Room 314 unless otherwise noted.

• New laboratory system allows researchers to probe secret lives of queen bees

  Mar 7, 2019 9:45 am0 views

  More than a decade after the identification of colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon marked by widespread loss of honey bee colonies, scientists are still working to untangle the ecologically complex problem of how to mitigate ongoing losses of honey bees and other pollinating species. One much-needed aid in this effort is more efficient ways to track specific impacts on bee health. To address this need, a group of Illinois researchers has established a laboratory-based method for tracking the fertility of honey bee queens.

• Promising Diagnostics for Detecting Latent Tuberculosis Revealed

  Mar 12, 2019 10:15 am0 views

  A collaboration between the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois, Mayo Clinic, and the University of Michigan are introducing a new machine-learning-driven approach to latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) diagnostics. While leveraging a high throughput detection technology and powerful bioinformatics, this approach aims to reveal multi-marker signatures for LTBI diagnosis and risk stratification.

• Technology Services Expanded Walk-in Support Hours

  Mar 26, 2018 11:15 am0 views

  The Technology Services Help Desk is expanding the hours for walk-in support at the Digital Computer Laboratory. Assistance via email (consult@illinois.edu), phone (217-244-7000) and walk-in is available:

  Monday - Friday: 8am - 9pm

  Saturday/Sunday: 12pm - 5pm

• Attend the inaugural Industry Data Science Summit

  Mar 26, 2018 11:30 am0 views

  Learn about cutting-edge data science research happening at Illinois. The summit will take place on May 1-2 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and will cover topics such as Data Governance, Data Security, Privacy, and Trust, Data Driven Architecture and Management, Data Analytics and Industry-University of Illinois Collaborations in Data Science. Register with the link above.

• Undergraduate Research & the Humanities: Challenges and Possibilities - Retreat

  Mar 27, 2019 3:30 pm0 views

  A COLLABORATIVE RETREAT

  Friday, August 23, 2019 | 8:30–5 p.m.Levis Faculty Center (919 W. Illinois St., Urbana)

  Registration Form

  Co-sponsored by the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities and the Office of Undergraduate Research

  The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) and the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) seek to bring together faculty and staff to consider how we engage the undergraduate research experience at Illinois and how we might create a set of new models to shape the future of undergraduate research in both core and emerging fields of study in the humanities. 

  The day will open with a keynote by Ellen McClure, professor of French and Francophone Studies and History, and Director of the Engaged Humanities Initiative at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Panels and discussions/breakout sessions will follow.

  Early bird registration is now open. Registration is required and seats are limited.

  Our hope is to share knowledge and information, to generate conversation and debate about what is desirable and possible, and ultimately to re-center the importance of the humanities in undergraduate education at Illinois. Participants can expect to hear details about competitive grant opportunities to develop ideas that they generate, with particular attention to those that engage digital methods, underrepresented and underserved students, or emphasize a public-facing dimension. These grants will be offered by the Office of Undergraduate Research and IPRH, up to $5,000.

  For questions contact Antoinette Burton (aburton@illinois.edu) or Karen Rodriguez’G (rodrigzg@illinois.edu).

• 38 Illinois Research Groups Awarded Time on Blue Waters Leadership Supercomputer

  Mar 27, 2019 3:30 pm0 views

  Thirty-eight research groups at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been allocated new computation time on the Blue Waters supercomputer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This round of allocations provides over 17 million node-hours, equivalent to over half a billion core hours, and is valued at over $10.5 million, helping Illinois researchers push the boundaries of innovation and frontier science discovery.

• Deadline Upcoming for the "Word Vectors for the Thoughtful Humanist" Series

  Mar 27, 2019 3:30 pm0 views

  The deadline for submitting applications for the "Word Vectors for the Thoughtful Humanist” series of advanced institutes has been extended to March 29, 2019.

  Applications are invited for participation in a new series of advanced institutes on text analysis, sponsored by the Northeastern University Women Writers Project with generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. These events will introduce teachers and researchers at varied levels of expertise to the text analysis methods and interpretive questions arising from word embedding models, which represent connections between words as computable spatial relationships. These institutes will explore practical techniques and also interpretive outcomes, working with simple, open-access web tools hosted in the Women Writers Online Lab. 

  Learn about more details and apply. 

• Apply for the Data Purchasing Program at the University Library

  Mar 29, 2018 10:15 am0 views

  The University Library is soliciting applications from faculty, academic professionals, and graduate students who need to purchase numeric, spatial, or textual data for their research. Through the Data Purchase Program, funds will be awarded for such data purchases, with a maximum award of $5,000. The application deadline for first consideration is May 28, 2018.

  Visit https://www.library.illinois.edu/sc/purchase/ for more details, including a link to the online application.

• Funding: IPRH Research Clusters Deadline Approaching

  Mar 29, 2019 12:15 pm0 views

  Deadline: April 5, 2019

  The IPRH Research Clusters initiative enables faculty and graduate students in the humanities and arts from the University of Illinois campus to develop questions or subjects of inquiry that require or would be enhanced by collaborative work.

  For 2019–20, IPRH will award funding to a maximum of six Research Clusters on a competitive basis.

  Successful applicants will receive grants of $2,500 to support their cluster’s activities.

  Learn more about Research Clusters terms and application guidelines.

• Training: Register now for the 2019 Intermediate Linux Clusters Institute (LCI) Workshop

  Mar 29, 2019 5:15 pm0 views

  Registration is now open for the 2019 Linux Clusters Institute (LCI) Intermediate Workshop, which will be held May 13-17, 2019 at the University of Oklahoma. This workshop provides education and technical training for the deployment and use of computing clusters to the high performance computing community worldwide. Those who have attended an Introductory LCI workshop in the past are especially encouraged to attend.

  If you have some experience as an HPC system administrator and want to expand your skills, this is the workshop for you. In just five days you will: 

  Strengthen your overall knowledge of HPC system administrationFocus in depth on file systems and storage, HPC networks, job schedulers, and CephGet hands-on training and discuss real-life stories with experienced HPC administrators 

  Register: http://linuxclustersinstitute.org/workshops/interm19/register.php 

  Not ready for the intermediate workshop? LCI is offering an Introductory Workshop in August 2019.

  Contact Leslie Froeschl at lfroesh@illinois.edu with any questions.

• Registration Open for SPaRC'Ed Research Administration Certification Series

  Apr 1, 2019 9:00 am0 views

  SPaRC'Ed annually solicits applications for participation in the SPaRC'Ed certification series. The SPaRC'Ed committee reviews and selects applicants based upon multiple factors, including their role in sponsored projects administration, their unit's degree of sponsored projects and research involvment, and the applicant's personal statement. Applications of all experience and knowledge levels are encouraged to apply.

  The application form can be accessed from the link below during the application period.

  The 2019-2020 SPaRC'Ed application period is now open and will close on Friday, April 19, 2019.

  Click here to apply.

• Illinois Astrofest on April 23rd - registration open

  Apr 1, 2019 9:30 am0 views

  The Illinois Astrofest, sponsored by the Department of Astronomy and NCSA, is an annual showcase for research in astronomy, astrophysics, and related fields at the University of Illinois.  The first Astrofest will be held on the ground floor of the NCSA on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 2-4:45 pm.  There will be two oral sessions with a 1-hour poster session in between.  The meeting is open to all members of the campus community, although advance registration is required because of space constraints.  Please use this link to register.

  The latest version of the program is available here.

• Introduction to MATLAB for Data Analysis

  Apr 2, 2018 9:15 am0 views

  Join MATLAB expert and U. of I. alumnus, James Kristoff, on April 11 or 12 for a webinar to learn how to utilize MATLAB for Data Analysis. Both sessions will cover how to import data from sources like Excel, SQL Database, .txt files and more. You'll also learn how to manipulate and visualize data and share your results with others. Register for this free webinar through WebStore.

• NCSA hosting XSEDE HPC Workshop on April 3-4

  Apr 2, 2018 9:15 am0 views

  The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is one of many host-sites for XSEDE's upcoming HPC Workshop, focused on MPI and parallel programming. If you are a researcher interested in adding high-performance computing to your research, this workshop offers a hands-on introduction. To register, sign up at https://www.xsede.org/web/xup/course-calendar/-/training-user/class/593/session/153

• Registration for 2019 Linux Clusters Institute's (LCI) Workshops now open

  Apr 2, 2019 9:00 pm0 views

  Registration is now open for the Linux Clusters Institute's (LCI) weeklong, hands-on Introductory and Intermediate workshops. These workshops will cover the fundamentals of setting up and administering a high-performance computing (HPC) cluster and will be led by some of the world's leading HPC experts.

• Deadly handshake: Blue Waters reveals how staph bacteria cling to human cells

  Apr 10, 2018 1:30 pm0 views

  What makes pathogenic bacteria so persistent? Researchers from the Beckman Instituteat the University of Illinois and the University of Munich (LMU) are using the National Center for Supercomputing Applications' (NCSA) Blue Waters supercomputer to simulate and decipher the physical adhesion mechanism of a widespread pathogen virulence factor.

• Illinois contributes to EHT's capturing first-ever image of a black hole

  Apr 10, 2019 10:15 am0 views

  Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)—a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration—was designed to capture images of a black hole. Today, in coordinated press conferences around the globe, EHT researchers revealed that they have succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow.

• Cancer Research Advocacy Day - Registration open

  Apr 12, 2019 1:30 pm0 views

  Composed of individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or have a strong personal connection to it, the Cancer Research Advocacy Group (CRAG) represent and share insights and experiences of cancer survivors. CRAG's Research Advocacy Day at the I-Hotel and Conference Center will promote interactions between cancer survivors, researchers, and clinicians and honor those who have been impacted by the disease. Register to present or find more information.

• Undergraduate Research in the Humanities: Challenges and Possibilities Retreat

  Apr 12, 2019 7:00 pm0 views

  Friday, August 23, 2019, 8:30–5 p.m. | Levis Faculty Center (919 W. Illinois St., Urbana)

  Registration Form

  IPRH and the Office of Undergraduate Research seek to bring together faculty and staff to consider how we engage the undergraduate research experience at Illinois and how we might create a set of new models to shape the future of undergraduate research that re-centers the importance of the humanities in undergraduate education at Illinois.

  Participants can expect to hear details about competitive grant opportunities to develop ideas that they generate, with particular attention to those that engage digital methods, underrepresented and underserved students, or emphasize a public-facing dimension. These grants will be offered by the Office of Undergraduate Research and IPRH, up to $5,000.

  Keynote by Ellen McClure, professor of French and Francophone Studies and History, and Director of the Engaged Humanities Initiative at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Panels and discussions/breakout sessions will follow.

  Early bird registration is now open. Registration is required and seats are limited.

• The need for speed: new iforge gpus enable faster models, simulations

  Apr 12, 2019 8:15 pm0 views

  With the latest NVIDIA V100 GPUs and NVlink interconnect, Industry partner engineers and scientists can get more from their machine learning and engineering applications. Read more

• Register now for the IGB Fellows Symposium

  Apr 15, 2019 9:15 am0 views

  The Institute for Genomic Biology Fellows Symposium will take place May 2, 2019. Speakers include NIH Distinguised Investigator Elaine Ostrander. Register now.

• Blue Waters User Claire Porter Wins NOAA David Johnson Award for ArcticDEM Research

  Apr 16, 2019 3:30 pm0 views

  Blue Waters researcher Claire Porter received the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) David Johnson Award for her work as project manager and lead developer of the ArcticDEM project. This award is given to young professionals who “developed an innovative application of Earth observation satellite data that is, or could be, used for operational purposes to assess and/or predict atmospheric, oceanic, or terrestrial conditions.” Porter and the ArcticDEM team use stereoscopic images from satellite data leveraging the high-resolution images with the Blue Waters supercomputer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) to create digital elevation models (DEMs) to map the Arctic, the Antarctic, and soon, the entire world.

• The Research IT Portal is Live!

  Apr 17, 2018 2:15 pm0 views

  The new, eagerly anticipated Research IT Portal is live! Visit researchit.illinois.edu to use the portal or the Tech Services website to learn more about it.

• Urban Informatics and the High Frequency City

  Apr 22, 2019 10:00 am0 views

  The rapid evolution of information technologies to the point where most active citizens are able to access global information using personal devices is changing the city out of all recognition. This lecture will outline the ways in which such technologies are generating a new functioning of the city which we call ‘urban informatics’, and we will explore the implications of these developments for our understanding of the city and its design

• Harnessing Technology Series to Host Desmond Patton

  Apr 22, 2019 10:00 am0 views

  The Harnessing Technology for Social Good Series welcomes Desmond Patton, Associate Professor of Social Work at Columbia University. Dr. Patton uses qualitative and computational methods to examine the relationship between youth and gang violence and social media; how and why violence, grief and identity are expressed in social media and the implications on well-being for low income youth of color. Register for the talk.

  Can’t attend? View the event live by visiting: go.illinois.edu/socialwork_techseries

• Text Encoding Initiative 2019 Call for Papers

  Apr 22, 2019 10:15 am0 views

  The Program Committee is pleased to announce its call for proposals for the 19th annual Conference and Members’ Meeting of the Text Encoding Initiative Consortium (TEI), which will be held September 18–20, 2019 (Wed-Fri), at the University of Graz, Austria; with workshops September 16–17 (Mon-Tue).

  This year’s theme is: "What is text, really? TEI and beyond"

  This year’s TEI conference wants not only to reach the community interested in digital representation and processing of text, but also to encourage scholars working on the fringes of the TEI and beyond to join us in discussion.

• Illinois chancellor and chemist elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  Apr 22, 2019 10:30 am0 views

  Chancellor Robert J. Jones and chemistry professor Catherine J. Murphy have been elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the nation.

  They are among more than 200 individuals with compelling achievements in academia, business, government and public affairs to be elected to the academy this year.

• Blue Waters and XSEDE User Charles Gammie Contributes to M87 Black Hole Image

  Apr 22, 2019 2:45 pm0 views

  Thanks in part to the power of the Blue Waters supercomputer and the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), both headquartered at NCSA and supported by the National Science Foundation, a massive research collaboration was able to capture a picture of a black hole for the first time ever.

• Designing for Collective Inquiry: Theoretical Models, Smart Classrooms, Embedded Phenomena and Other Adventure

  Apr 22, 2019 9:45 am0 views

  Apr 23, 2019 / Education Building, Room 210A / 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

  Cost: Free

  Dr. James Slotta's talk will present ten years' progress in developing and researching the Knowledge Community and Inquiry (KCI) model at the University of Toronto. Dr. Slotta’s work has explored the most effective designs for collective inquiry, with an emphasis on the learning sciences construct of scripting and orchestration. This talk will review the theory, as well a Dr. Slotta’s efforts to formally articulate scripts, and scaffold the orchestration of collaborative and collective inquiry activities.

  Contact: Mike Tissenbaum miketiss@illinois.edu

• Can you imagine: Helping Research Reach New Heights with AI

  Apr 23, 2019 1:30 pm0 views

  Whether it be with Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) like those in our Blue Waters supercomputer, or Field-programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Kindratenko’s research has focused on pushing the limits of computational research, allowing high-performance computing architectures to be optimized to tackle unique and intensive challenges with great efficiency.

• New type of silicon promises cheaper solar technology

  Apr 24, 2019 2:45 pm0 views

  An international research team led by The Australian National University (ANU) has made a new type of silicon that better uses sunlight and promises to cut the cost of solar technology.

• Paris-Oxford Research Fellowship

  May 2, 2019 11:45 am0 views

  Applications are open currently for a fellowship that will offer the successful doctoral student the opportunity to undertake research over a period of three years at two of the most prestigious institutions in Europe: Sorbonne University in Paris and the University of Oxford. Applicants should have a background in one or more of the following four disciplines: digital humanities, history of science, mathematics, or computer science. They should demonstrate experience of historical study alongside evident ability in the field of digital humanities or data sciences.

• iSEE Congress 2019

  May 2, 2019 11:45 am0 views

  The iSEE Sustainability and Justice Conference will take place Sept 24-25, 2019 at the Illini Union rooms A, B, C. This event features a diverse group of researchers, educators, journalists and activists discussing cutting-edge issues surrounding sustainability and social justice, building bridges across different approaches, disciplines and geographies, and charting new directions to a sustainable, just future. Free attendance, but registration is required; instructors are invited to contact us to bring classes. Register here.

• 2018 April Newsletter (Archive)

  May 3, 2018 10:00 am0 views

• Illinois researcher uses XSEDE to contribute to black hole image

  May 3, 2019 3:45 pm0 views

  Thanks in part to resources allocated through the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) and the Blue Waters supercomputer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), a massive research collaboration was able to confirm a picture of a black hole for the first time ever this month.

• Can You Imagine: Shaping the future of finance with HPC

  May 6, 2019 3:15 pm0 views

  NCSA Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor at the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois, Mao Ye’s research lies at the intersection of big data, high-performance computing and the economics, and finance realm. Using computing resources, Ye tackles large amounts of data currently being collected by companies and finance institutions. “The high-performance computing is more like a tool,” he said, “because we are basically doing big data research.”

• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Awards 2020 - Request for Proposals

  May 6, 2019 3:30 pm0 views

  Internal Limited-Submission Deadline: Friday, August 23, 2019 by 5:00 p.m.

  Applications are invited for the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Program for Summer 2020. Successful applicants typically receive an outright award of $6,000 to support two continuous months of research and writing. Recipients must work full-time on their projects for these two months, and may hold other research grants supporting the same project during this time. (NEH Summer Stipends do not require cost sharing and do not include indirect costs.)

• REDCap will soon be available to investigators on campus

  May 6, 2019 3:30 pm0 views

  Launch date: May 15, 2019

  Research Electronic Data Capture, or REDCap, is a secure web application for building and managing surveys and databases for research studies. Developed by Vanderbilt University in 2004, REDCap is currently used by over 805,000 users in 3,000 institutions throughout 127 countries.

• XSEDE Helps Pitt Team Design Material to Capture and Turn CO2 into Useful Products

  May 6, 2019 3:45 pm0 views

  A new material may be able to capture carbon dioxide and turn it into a commercially useful substance, according to a team at the University of Pittsburgh. Using the XSEDE resource Bridges at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, they simulated two "metal oxide framework" materials that simulated removal of carbon dioxide from exhaust gas. Better, the material also converted it into formic acid, which can be used to make products like methanol fuel. If the material works as well in the lab and factory as it does in the computer, it could fundamentally alter the economics of limiting human CO2 release and avoiding climate change.

• Ten Health Make-A-Thon Winners Announced

  May 6, 2019 4:15 pm0 views

  The inaugural Health Make-a-Thon, hosted by Carle Illinois College of Medicine in partnership with various units, including IHSI, was held April 13. An overflow crowd was on hand to see twenty teams present their ideas to a panel of "dolphin tank" judges, and ten of those teams were awarded $10,000 worth of idea support to turn their ideas into reality. With the resources from the Health Maker Lab, these citizen-scientists have the power to change the face of medicine, better human health, and leave a lasting impact.