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Simulations from the Blue Water supercomputer reveal a series of vortexes -- called “misocyclones”-- appear to help anchor and spin a tornado after it forms. Photo courtesy of David Bock/NCSA

Science Apr 14

To save lives, supercomputers dive into the hearts of nature’s worst tornadoes

By Julia Griffin

Watson goes to Asia as hospitals use supercomputer for cancer treatment

The goal is to use Watson’s natural language processing to mine the medical literature and a patient’s records to provide treatment advice.

By Ike Swetlitz, STAT

U.S. plans to build world’s fastest supercomputers with $425 million

The Department of Energy announced a $425 million budget Friday that will be allocated towards research and construction of supercomputers. A $325 million deal with IBM and Nvidia will see the creation of two new supercomputers that would…

By Justin Scuiletti

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