The Bytes Behind Biology
The Bytes Behind Biology BigBen's 21 cabinets hold 4,136 processors Performing 21 trillion calculations per second, a supercomputer in Pittsburgh provided the first atomic-level look at the inner workings of the nuclear pore complex. That's just one of its accomplishments. By Andrea Gawrylewski ARTICLE EXTRAS 1 Preexisting models, based on electron microscopy and experimental work, had suggested four calcium binding sites to facilitate neurotransmission. Stiles
Aug 1, 2007
The Bytes Behind Biology

BigBen's 21 cabinets hold 4,136 processors
Performing 21 trillion calculations per second, a supercomputer in Pittsburgh provided the first atomic-level look at the inner workings of the nuclear pore complex. That's just one of its accomplishments.
By Andrea Gawrylewski
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