In November 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the launch of its “Genesis Mission,” a national initiative that “unites DOE National Labs, industry, academia, and more to harness AI for breakthroughs in energy dominance, discovery science, and national security.” The program aimed to quickly marshal research talent from across the country, requesting proposals to tackle […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah returns to the global supercomputing rankings with Redtail, an AI factory designed to expand access to advanced computing across the state. Redtail ranked No. 159 for performance and No. 76 for energy efficiency on the Top500 list of supercomputers released in late June. The system comes online this summer with the […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah has been selected by the U.S. National Science Foundation to build one of twenty Programmable Cloud Laboratory Nodes in the nation, a new class of research facility where scientists and AI agents anywhere in the country can design, run, and analyze real experiments over the internet. The Utah node, called AURORA […]
Read MoreLisa Potter – research communications specialist, University of Utah Communications Pregnancy puts higher oxygen demands on the body, so expectant mothers breathe significantly more air over the course of a day. When air quality is bad, they’re also breathing in more harmful pollutants. Many studies have linked individual air pollutants, such as fine particulate matter […]
Read MoreBy Mara Johnson-Groh, freelance science writer for American Institute of Physics Publishing’s Scilights, and Kelly Hermans, University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute A version of this story was published on @theU For a child diagnosed with neuroblastoma—the most common infant cancer, occurring when early nerve cells grow out of control—the path to treatment […]
Read MoreThe inaugural SCW75 honors the infrastructure leaders, informatics specialists, and simulation experts shaping the future of scientific computing Scientific Computing World recently recognized Martin Berzins, a professor at the University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, as part of the inaugural SCW75, which celebrates leaders shaping the future of scientific computing across high-performance computing, […]
Read MoreAdapted from the European Association for Computer Graphics announcement The European Association for Computer Graphics this week named University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute assistant professor Andrew McNutt the recipient of its 2026 Johanna Beyer EuroVis Early Career Researcher Award. The distinction recognizes McNutt for his outstanding contributions in critical visualization and […]
Read MoreBehind every AI prompt is a chain of physical infrastructure—from data centers and power grids to cooling systems, mined minerals, and discarded hardware—with consequences for people and the planet, University of Utah researchers reminded the campus community during an Earth Month panel discussion. “We have millions of users that are hitting enter or submit at […]
Read MoreXinnor, developer of the data protection solution xiRAID, announced the successful deployment of xiRAID at the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah. The project replaced an aging single-drive PostgreSQL backend that had become a bottleneck for one of the world’s largest research data environments, cataloging over 3 billion files across […]
Read MoreNew research from the University of Utah John and Marcia Price College of Engineering identifies a key mechanism that determines how cells spread and organize their internal structure. The study shows that a cell’s behavior depends on how long the cell receptors known as integrins stay attached to the extracellular matrix. Long-lasting attachments lead to […]
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