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Argonne National Laboratory Uses Supercomputers To Take On Coronavirus
Dr. Stephen Streiffer of Argonne is among those helping make sense of all the number crunching.
LEMONT, IL (CBS) — Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and a supercomputer are helping in the fight against the coronavirus.
Dr. Stephen Streiffer of Argonne is among those helping make sense of all the number crunching. He joined CBS 2’s Brad Edwards and Irika Sargent on Wednesday via Skype. He explained that Argonne is taking on the coronavirus crisis on multiple fronts – one of them being studying the virus and its properties using high-performance computers named Theta and Bebop.