Researchers are using the new Pople HPC cluster to study gravitational waves at the University of Western Australia. “Pople places the Faculty of Science in a unique position for supporting advanced research across all areas of research in the Faculty” said Dr Amir Karton. “For example, it will be used for conducting multi-scale simulations of biochemical processes, studying gravitational waves, and simulating combustion processes which generate compounds important for seed germination. Such research could have been previously carried out only on national supercomputers, now these capabilities are accessible to any researcher in the Faculty.”