SUPERCOMPUTING

Jun 02 2026SCIENCE

Supercomputer pulled back into NCAR’s hands for now

A court ruling on Monday put the brakes on a plan to kick Boulder’s National Center for Atmospheric Research out of its role at the supercomputer center in Cheyenne. The judge said the National Science Foundation can’t strip NCAR or its parent body of access to computers, money, or projects tied to

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Jan 02 2026TECHNOLOGY

China's AI Leap: A New Era in Science and Tech

China has just launched a game-changing AI system that can do science all by itself. This isn't just any AI—it's connected to the country's supercomputers and can handle complex research tasks without much human help. It's a big deal because it shows how AI might change science, security, and the gl

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Nov 10 2025TECHNOLOGY

Teamwork for Quantum Leaps: Big Tech Joins Forces

A new group called the Quantum Scaling Alliance has just started. It's a team-up of big tech companies. They want to make quantum computing more common and faster to develop. Quantum computing is like a super-powered computer. It can solve problems that regular computers can't. But it's still new a

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