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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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)

DNA Origami Folded Into Tiny Motor

2024-01-19

Scientists have created the world's first working nanoscale electomotor. The science team designed a turbine engineered from DNA that is powered by hydrodynamic flow inside a nanopore, a nanometer-sized hole in a membrane of solid-state silicon nitride.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 22.55 MB - Duration: 16:13m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

Cosmic Lights in the Forest

2023-12-20

ACC's Frontera supercomputer helped astronomers develop PRIYA, the largest suite of hydrodynamic simulations yet made of large-scale structure in the universe.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 15.61 MB - Duration: 11:09m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)

Scientific Supercomputing and AI

2023-11-13

SC23 podcast with Dan Stanzione, Executive Director of TACC / Associate Vice President for Research, UT Austin.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 17.42 MB - Duration: 12:27m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)