Output from a DNA sequencer. Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute
As the climate emergency and cost-of-living crisis focus our minds on how to reduce energy, a group of scientists have highlighted the hidden environmental cost behind some of our major breakthroughs.
High performance computing has transformed how research works and our ability to make previously unthinkable discoveries. We’re able to model our future climate with unprecedented accuracy. We’re able to predict what a protein looks like from its genetic code. We even know what a black hole 55 million light-years away looks like.
But while few people would argue against …
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