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April 10, 2013
A Stampede for science

The University of Texas at Austin and TACC competed against the top supercomputing centers and universities to claim one of the most advanced systems in the world — and won. The prize, an estimated $50 million-plus investment over a four-year period.

February 25, 2013
One million cores: A breakthrough in CFD simulation

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations can easily generate 100+ terabytes of data. Scientists and engineers depend on supercomputers with hundreds of thousands of computing cores to solve the complex equations involved. Read about successful simulations breaking the million-core barrier.

February 13, 2013
17-million-digit prime number smashes world record

A researcher from the University of Missouri has broken a 4-year-old record for the largest ever prime number discovered. The discovery was made thanks to the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, a distributed computing project established in 1996.

February 13, 2013
17-million-digit prime number smashes world record

A researcher from the University of Missouri has broken a 4-year-old record for the largest ever prime number discovered. The discovery was made thanks to the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, a distributed computing project established in 1996.

December 19, 2012
Our highlights of 2012

With the year almost over we look back at the debates, controversies, and achievements in the world of science and computing. Read our countdown of iSGTW’s most popular stories of 2012. 

December 5, 2012
Meet Wim Klein - CERN's human supercomputer
Wim Klein's farewell performance at CERN (in French). Video courtesy CERN.

Yesterday, Tuesday 4 December 2012, marked the 100th anniversary of Wim Klein's birth. Klein, who died in 1986, is an important part of CERN's computing history. He was employed at the organization from 1957 to 1976 as a human calculator, checking the results of calculations carried out by computers.

November 21, 2012
Next-generation computer chips based on macaque brain?

A monkey for a computer brain anyone? Image courtesy International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.

November 14, 2012
Leaving the theatre of the absurd – is open access publishing a necessity for science to flourish?

Are traditional journal subscriptions just too much? Image courtesy PhD comics.

October 17, 2012
Next-generation electronics could self-heal

September 26, 2012
Researchers edge closer to solving 270-year-old math problem thanks to grid computing

The award for best poster at the EGI Technical Forum 2012 went to Silvio Pardi, who is using grid computing resources to help a team of mathematicians in their quest to solve the Goldbach conjecture.

August 29, 2012
Women, technology, and feminism - reflections from India

During last month's XSEDE’12 conference, Gayatri Buragohain, founder of Feminist Approach to Technology in India, highlighted the importance nurturing women's involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at an early age. 

January 18, 2012
The Royal Society opens up permanently

The Royal Society has made 60,000 of its historical scientific papers free and permanently available online.