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Using HPC for Research and Career Development in Life Sciences

“The opportunity to push myself in a new direction and see it come to fruition is why I pursued a career in science and using NeSI was an excellent way to include transferable skills and personal development in my PhD. "
Subject: 
Medical Science
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Modernising models to diagnose and treat disease and injury

“When you’re running several big CFD problems and looking at problems on the order of hundreds of thousands or millions of degrees of freedom, you need HPC."
Subject: 
Engineering
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Tinkering with Solar Cells To Improve New Material Designs

"People who have a deep understanding of NeSI’s systems and computational modelling are an incredible resource and we are glad to have access to the resources that NeSI provides.”
Subject: 
Chemistry

Get familiar with NeSI's new platforms!

The installation of NeSI's new platforms is now well underway. We will present an overview of the capabilities of the new systems during a one-hour webinar (11th October, and then repeated on 13th ... Read more

Kuiper Belt Object Artist's Concept - Philip Sharp - NeSI Case Study

Using GPUs to expand our understanding of the Solar System

“Put simply, the work would not be possible without HPC. We chose NeSI because its HPC resources are the best in the country.”
Subject: 
Astronomy

Science Coding Conference - another successful year

Attribution: Earlier this month, NeSI hosted the Science Coding Conference 2017 (the conference formerly known as the CRI Coding Conference). The meeting is an opportunity for software hackers and ... Read more

Research Software Engineers gain recognition and support

Attribution: A recent national meeting highlighted the essential contribution software engineering makes to science. According to a 2014 survey of 15 Russell Group universities in the UK, 56% of re... Read more

NeSI’s new infrastructure platform - features, tech specs, and how they will benefit your research

Since signing the contract with Cray, our combined teams have been refining the design of the new High Performance Computing (HPC) systems, and the services they will provide. We are now pleased to... Read more

Impact of strategic science investments

It has been a busy year for those involved in the Strategic Science Investment Fund (SSIF). MBIE are putting into action their management of these investments as a portfolio. Prior to launching the... Read more

Next level HPC: NeSI user wins access to one of the world’s top supercomputers

“I know I can write to NeSI whenever I need to. They’re incredibly intelligent, incredibly supportive, and the turnaround time on solutions is just wonderful."
Subject: 
Chemistry