Australian researchers from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research are developing a ground breaking database of human genetic information using the unique facilities and expertise of the National Computational Infrastructure. The Medical Genome Reference Bank (MGRB), run by the Garvan Institute of...

The National Computational Infrastructure is a key part of Australia's climate modelling efforts. The CSIRO is using the supercomputing capability available at NCI to lead the development of the ACCESS climate model, in conjunction with the Bureau of Meteorology and the ARC Centre of Excellence for...

Dr Amanda Karakas, NCI user and Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Monash University, is moving our understanding of stardust and star formation forward thanks to updated theoretical models run on the NCI's supercomputer. Dr Karakas and her co-authors used theoretical models...

While the diagnosis of birth defects in utero continually improves, the task of eradicating them entirely requires an understanding of the complexity of their formation. Advancements in genetic sequencing and the field of computer-based analysis of genomes – bioinformatics – are opening up new...

Over 120,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed in Australia every year, impacting the lives of millions of people. Often, these are treated with a combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. In Australia, the most common kind of radiation therapy for cancer uses X-rays. They are a...

Fluid vortices rolling off a spinning sphere, from Dr Calabretto's research. Understanding the way fluid moves over a rotating sphere has implications for the behaviour of air flowing over an aircraft Next time you look out the window of a plane, or watch a cloud form overhead, spare a thought for...

Astronomy has been a collaborative activity for a long time: ever since Indigenous Australians first started looking up at the sky. Until recently, we were collaborating by observing the sky together, sharing telescopes and images. Now, astronomy has made it easier to collect and share large...

Extreme weather is a part of life in Australia: bushfires, droughts, floods, cyclones, heatwaves. And every time an extreme weather event comes around, the health impacts are clear. In Australia, we expect Summer to be hot. But there are hot days, and then there are hot days. We're talking about the...

When you ingest medicine from your pharmacist, specific proteins in your body transport them to where they need to go. In particular, some proteins play a key role in moving the drugs in and out of cells. When designing new drugs, it is vital to know exactly what these proteins are doing and how...