Supersized Science

The Supersized Science podcast highlights research and discoveries nationwide enabled by advanced computing technology and expertise at the Texas Advanced Computing Center of the University of Texas at Austin. TACC science writer Jorge Salazar hosts Supersized Science.

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Hurricane Simulations in High Gear

2025-01-23

Scientists and supercomputers generate fast storm surge forecasts in 2024 to help protect lives and property

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 26 MB - Duration: 17:54m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

New Heights: The U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility and Horizon

2024-11-19

SC24 podcast with Dan Stanzione, Executive Director of TACC / Associate Vice President for Research, UT Austin

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 41 MB - Duration: 28:30m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

Cooler Transformers Could Help the Electric Grid

2024-04-16

Simulations on the Stampede2 supercomputer of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) are helping scientists engineer solutions to overheating of grid transformers — a critical component of the electric grid.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 11 MB - Duration: 8:00m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

Supercomputing the Secrets Inside Cattle Antibiotics

2024-02-12

Scientists have found the crystal structure and unlocked the mechanism of activity of a family of enzymes that produce monensin, widely used as a cattle antibiotic.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 17.23 MB - Duration: 12:20m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)