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May 10, 2016
BU researchers discover how RNA editing may promote tumor growth

A new Boston University study utilizing computing resources housed at MGHPCC provides insight on the potential role played by RNA (ribonucleic acid) editing in cancer. 

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May 10, 2016
Researching the Ribosome

Northeastern’s Prof. Paul Whitford uses the Discovery Cluster housed at MGHPCC to identify a novel motion within the ribosome.

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May 3, 2016
U.S. Senator Markey is working with Holyoke to develop it into an arts and innovation hub

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Holyoke is working to become a center of arts and science, with the help of high powered support from Washington D.C. More via News 22 wwlp.com

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May 3, 2016
Harvard University Sustainability Report

Explore the 2015 Harvard Sustainability Report to learn about MGHPCC’s role in helping the University transform its campus into a “healthier, more resilient community focused on well-being.” Read the complete report at http://report.green.harvard.edu

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April 30, 2016
Heading Off Head Blight

Story by Helen Hill for MGHPCC Head blight caused by Fusarium graminearum threatens worldwide wheat production, resulting in both yield loss and mycotoxin contamination. Molecular biologists at UMass Amherst are using MGHPCC to understand pathogenicity at the systems level with the goal of developing novel disease control strategies. 

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April 26, 2016
Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse discusses Innovation District benefits

In this video Mayor Alex Morse reflects on the evolution of the area known as the Holyoke Innovation District, an area of downtown Holyoke that includes and surrounds  the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing District. Holyoke Innovation District – Video from MassLive Read the accompanying story at Mass Live  

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April 8, 2016
Holyoke Innovation District offers workshop on valley’s internet-access capabilities

HOLYOKE — The increasing dependence on fast, reliable internet service and the future of such broadband infrastructure in the Pioneer Valley will be topics of a workshop here Wednesday April 13, 2016. The Holyoke Innovation District will present “A Broadband Workshop: Maximizing Utilization of the Pioneer Valley’s Broadband Infrastructure” from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. […]

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April 5, 2016
Holyoke aims for long-term revival

HOLYOKE — It’s been a tough slough for this city on the Connecticut River ever since the last of the mills left in the 1990s. But when five universities and two high-tech companies opened a supercomputing center less than four years ago, there were hopes that others would also see Holyoke’s potential. Some have. Read […]

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March 22, 2016
Pieces of the Puzzle Coming Together in Holyoke

Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center recognized as a piece of the Holyoke development jigsaw. Read this story via businesswest.com

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March 22, 2016
A Little Bit of This… A Little Bit of That…

Mixing nanoparticles to build organic solar cells and other ion-transporting materials. Story by Helen Hill for MGHPCC UMass Amherst chemist Dr. Dhandapani Venkataraman and his group are developing a new concept that assembles nanoparticle Lego-like building blocks (<100 nm in size) into new and innovative materials like solar cells, batteries, paints, sensors, and smart and […]

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March 15, 2016
Holyoke dam to be honored on ‘Infrastructure Day’ May 14

There’s a reason why the MGHPCC is where it is and it has a lot to do with one particular piece of infrastructure: The Hoyoke Hydroelectric Dam. Holyoke will celebrate the foresight that led to its construction, the associated system of canals and their ongoing benefits to the city of Holyoke on “Infrastructure Day” May […]

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March 11, 2016
Got Game!

In February of 2016 Holyoke Codes, a local group that provides opportunities for kids to be involved in coding, robotics, and technology, collaborated with teens from Holyoke and neighboring cities to create video games that incorporate social issues.

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March 1, 2016
New England’s First Experimental, Solar-Powered Data Center

Located in the grounds of the MGHPCC, “Mass Net Zero Data Center” will facilitate research into minimizing environmental impact of high energy-using computer centers.

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February 5, 2016
A Bright Future

UMass Amherst researcher Prashant Shenoy has long utilized MGHPCC to help local utilities develop algorithms geared to providing power more efficiently to customers.  As part of the recently announced statewide Energy Extension Initiative to be housed at  UMass Amherst, Shenoy and his colleagues propose to design an automated system to collect and centrally store all […]

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February 5, 2016
State targets ‘digital health’ as latest growth frontier for Massachusetts economy

Massachusetts plans to revise how it captures and shares public health data, with a focus on using the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, a $165 million high-performance computing facility in Holyoke. Read this story in Boston Business Journal.

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February 4, 2016
MGHPCC Celebrates its Third Year

Reflecting on progress towards the MGHPCC’s mission. Read this story from UMass On the Move.

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January 19, 2016
Code Fun – CS Education Week @ the MGHPCC

Local elementary & middle school students solved problems, designied projects & expressed themselves creatively all the while exploring computer programming during a week of fun coding activities.

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January 5, 2016
Hacking with Holyoke Codes

Cloud computing is everywhere. Smart phones, social media, on-line stores and other digital devices all know something about us…

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January 2, 2016
Up in the Air

Chien Wang is a senior research scientist in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT associated with MIT’s Center for Global Change Science and the Joint Program in the Science and Policy of Global Change. Wang and his group develop and use complex computer models housed at the Massachusetts Green High Performance […]

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December 22, 2015
Apply to the Spring 2016 MGHPCC Internship Program

The MGHPCC is now accepting applications for its 2016 spring semester internship program. Interested students should email resumes to  by February 15th, 2016.   Continue reading →  

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Foldit
Dusty With a Chance of Star Formation
Checking the Medicine Cabinet to Interrupt COVID-19 at the Molecular Level
Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold But Still, Is It Just Right?​
Smashing Discoveries​
Microbiome Pattern Hunting
Modeling the Air we Breathe
Exploring Phytoplankton Diversity
The Computer Will See You Now
Computing the Toll of Trapped Diamondback Terrapins
Edging Towards a Greener Future
Physics-driven Drug Discovery
Modeling Plasma-Surface Interactions
Sensing Subduction Zones
Neural Networks & Earthquakes
Small Stars, Smaller Planets, Big Computing
Data Visualization using Climate Reanalyzer
Getting to Grips with Glassy Materials
Modeling Molecular Engines
Forest Mapping: When the Budworms come to Dinner
Exploring Thermoelectric Behavior at the Nanoscale
The Trickiness of Talking to Computers
A Genomic Take on Geobiology
From Grass to Gas
Teaching Computers to Identify Odors
From Games to Brains
The Trouble with Turbulence
A New Twist
A Little Bit of This… A Little Bit of That..
Looking Like an Alien!
Locking Up Computing
Modeling Supernovae
Sound Solution
Lessons in a Virtual Test Tube​
Crack Computing
Automated Real-time Medical Imaging Analysis
Towards a Smarter Greener Grid
Heading Off Head Blight
Organic Light-Harvesting Antennae
Art and AI
Excited by Photons
Tapping into an Ocean of Data
Computing Global Change
Star Power
Engineering the Human Microbiome
Computing Social Capital
Computers Diagnosing Disease
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