The Race for Better Science

The race is on for scientists who are seeking answers to important problems impacting our lives.

This 17-minute pilot of a documentary series depicts how scientific discovery can be accelerated by combining theory and experimentation with computing to fight cancer, prevent heart attacks, and spur new advances in robotic surgery. It also illustrates how computing is playing an increasingly important role in the future of innovation worldwide. Finally, new parallel computing approaches to computational research are shown to be needed to enable significant breakthroughs in scientific understanding and practice.