Software Spotlight – August 2026

12 Aug 2026

CRYSTAL is an ab initio electronic structure program, concentrating on density functional theory (DFT) for periodic systems. Unusually, the software uses a Gaussian Basis set. Read more about CRYSTAL and…

Software Spotlight – July 2026

16 Jul 2026

USolv USolv is a machine learning approach to predicting protein crystal solvent content, which can be a key bottleneck in the protein structure solution pipeline. The models are based on the Vit-V-Net transformer and U-Net convolutional neural network architectures, developed using PyTorch in Python.    

Addressing the UK’s clean energy goals: How multiscale computer modelling can benefit wind farms

09 Jul 2026

From turbulent ocean waves acting on offshore structures to detailed heat transfer within cryogenic systems, modern engineering and scientific challenges require increasingly sophisticated modelling that spans multiple physical domainsand time…

Don’t miss the Turbulence‑Modelling & HPC summer school, 20-22 October 2026!

02 Jul 2026

After a great workshop in Barcelona last October, ‘Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Turbulence Modelling targeting HPC’ is returning as a summer school this coming October. Building on the…

CCP-SyneRBI and CCPi’s PETRIC challenge continues its success with second running 

29 Jun 2026

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional medical imaging technique which uses radioactive tracers to highlight areas of high activity in the body’s cells. Detectors around the body detect photon pairs and algorithms use this information…

Software Spotlight – June 2026

17 Jun 2026

CASTEP CASTEP is a leading code for calculating the properties of materials from first principles. Using density functional theory, it can simulate a wide range of properties of materials proprieties…

CoSeC announces successful candidates for NPRAISE funding  

16 Jun 2026

CoSeC is proud to announce six successful candidates, who shall be awarded funding from the National Platform for Research Technical Professionals on AI for Science and Engineering (NPRAISE)  NPRAISE is one of the UKRI’s Strategic Technical…

CoSeC Publication on Zenodo

03 Jun 2026