Golden mystery solved

A long-standing discrepancy between experiments and theory concerning the electronic properties of gold has now been resolved.
Subject: 
Chemistry

Otago physicists’ prediction of gas “droplets” confirmed

Ground-breaking theoretical work by University of Otago physics researchers showing that under certain conditions gases can form into stable droplets – as liquids do – has now been confirmed experimentally by scientists in Germany.
Subject: 
Physics

Improving heart disease prediction and prognosis

“NeSI enabled us to run biologically realistic, numerical experiments, which are impossible to conduct in vivo.”
Subject: 
Medical Science

Terrestrial Data Analysis for the Ross Sea region

"Access to NeSI has improved the quality of our analyses and has enabled us to highlight the range of environmental pressures that this part of Antarctica faces."
Subject: 
Physics

NeSI explores innovative uses of cloud services for advanced computing

The needs of the New Zealand research community for advanced computing platforms is growing along with the range of possibilities to meet those needs.
Subject: 
Computer Science

Speeding up Basilisk with GPGPUs

A NeSI case study by Dr Emily Lane of NIWA.
Subject: 
Physics

NeSI’s supercomputer helps shed light on future climate

“NeSI is providing the supercomputing infrastructure on which we are producing climate simulations, both globally and using a regional climate model. You cannot operate an Earth System Model without a supercomputer."
Subject: 
Physics

December newsletter

 Issue No. 35December 2016Wishing you all a happy holiday!eRNZ 2017 - Programme announcementJoin Team NeSI!NeSI @ Otago dayCase study: Growing computational capacity among wet-lab scientistsNeSI &a... Read more

eRNZ 2017 - Programme announcement

  Programme AnnouncementWe are delighted to announce the programme for eResearch NZ 2017 is now available and can be viewed on the conference website.“We are pleased with the calibre and diversity ... Read more

eScience 2017 to be hosted in Auckland

Attribution:  The 13th International Conference on eScience 2017, due to take place in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 - 27 October 2017, is pleased to now invite submissions for papers and workshops... Read more