Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this Science 101, computational scientist Christopher Knight provides an inside look into supercomputers.

These powerful machines can perform billions of calculations per second to assist scientists in solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Breakthroughs in climate science, human health, and clean energy happen when hard-working researchers, technicians and engineers put supercomputers to work.