Seeing beyond 3-D

December, 2011

High-dimensional visualization techniques at Stony Brook and Brookhaven are helping reveal the interactions that drive climate and other complexities. Read More

Mining for aerosols and other particles

December, 2011

Klaus Mueller’s latest n-dimensional visualization work capitalizes on a decade-long collaboration with Department of Energy atmospheric chemist Alla Zelenyuk, work… Read More

Helping hydrogen along

October, 2011

Researchers have pursued clean hydrogen-based fuels for years. A Berkeley Lab team hopes to spur that quest with help from… Read More

Designer yeast

September, 2011

A Johns Hopkins University team has built a yeast chromosome from scratch, they report today in the journal Nature. Sarah… Read More

A long view of Gulf oil spill

April, 2011

While others predicted when oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico might reach beaches, ocean modelers… Read More

Tracing CFCs and greenhouse gases

April, 2011

National Center for Atmospheric Research oceanographer Synte Peacock studies “the distribution of various tracers – something that tags a water… Read More

Pounding out atomic nuclei

March, 2011

Thousands of tiny systems called atomic nuclei – specific combinations of protons and neutrons – prove extremely difficult to study… Read More

Cranking up the speed of DFT

March, 2011

Density functional theory (DFT) can be used to determine densities of protons and neutrons making up a nucleus. “If we… Read More

Small team carries large load

January, 2011

Sandia National Laboratories computer scientist Ronald Minnich calls the desktop-extension supercomputing project a large effort with a small team. “To… Read More

Laptop supercomputing

January, 2011

A small team led by Sandia National Laboratories is attempting to virtually put the world's most powerful supercomputers on a… Read More