TechRepublic reports about a new study from hybrid HPC cloud startup Rescale that says we’re starting to see unprecedented innovation cycles in a wide range of “hard” industries, from rockets and supersonic transport to nuclear fusion and pharmaceuticals. The report’s press release highlights key findings and pinpoints a key reason for this rise in HPC applications: the cloud. As noted, “[C]loud computing will reshape the world of physical things as profoundly as cloud has disrupted the digital computing world over the past two decades.”