Research into the properties and structures of chemical elements has been a mainstay of high-performance computing for decades. The community’s expertise in molecular modelling enables researchers to accurately model the behaviour of hundreds of interacting atoms within human proteins, industrial...

Engineering research at NCI is focused in the areas of aerodynamics and fluid flow. Based largely on numerical simulations running at large scales on NCI’s supercomputer, researchers are investigating both fundamental and applied aspects of fluid flow and how they relate to vehicles, engines, energy...

Earth and environmental science research has long been a cornerstone of NCI’s user base. Through integrated high-performance computing and data, NCI is a central hub for many of the weather, climate, earth-observation and geoscience activities of the Australian research community and national...

The wide field of health and medical science covers everything from improved diagnosis of illness to the development of new drugs and treatments. At NCI, researchers are applying computational and big data techniques to the big world of human health. One of the most significant areas of research in...

Materials science research aims to discover new materials and manufacturing processes to use in the next generation of medical devices, communication systems, energy production and more. At the most fundamental level, researchers are modelling the behaviours of individual atoms within complex...

Technology research at NCI investigates the devices, tools and systems that will support and contribute to our society in the future. This covers electronic devices, medical devices, cryptography techniques, nanotechnology and more. The rapid growth of digital technologies and their use in all...