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ICHEC has announced details of two promising Covid-19 research projects which are currently active on KAY, the national high-performance computer.  These projects we selected when ICHEC announced fast-track access to HPC in March 2020 for Covid-19 research.

ICHEC computational scientist Dr Niall Moran is leading a novel quantum simulation project in collaboration with partners at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) to develop quantum simulation tools for Europe’s largest supercomputers. The project called QuantEx, is funded by the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE). 

Recent research has suggested that climate, and in particular temperature and humidity, may influence the spread of COVID-19.

EC-Earth Global Climate Simulations: Ireland’s Contributions to CMIP6 published 1 April 2020. 

Satellite Data analysed using ESA's Sentinel 5-P satellite data shows evidence of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emissions in a number of rural areas during February and March 2020.