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Enlightening predictions

Computer simulations of hurricane lightning could be the key to predicting and avoiding the storms' real-world punch. Read More

June, 2012

Prime-time punch

The mantis shrimp packs one of the strongest punches on Earth. Computational Science Graduate Fellow Michael Rosario is investigating the… Read More

March, 2012

Inside the skull

Modeling the elements of blood flow in the brain could help neurosurgeons to predict when and where an aneurysm might… Read More

February, 2012

Power boost

Berkeley scientists have combined computational modeling and advanced materials synthesis to devise a low-cost anode that bolsters the feasibility of… Read More

January, 2012

Seeing beyond 3-D

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

December, 2011

Helping hydrogen along

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

October, 2011

Designer yeast

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

September, 2011

A long view of Gulf oil spill

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

April, 2011

Breaking the biomass barrier

What Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are learning could help make ethanol from cellulose a viable fuel alternative – and… Read More

December, 2009

Extending the stockpile’s lifespan

Just how does prolonged exposure to nuclear radiation change a material's properties? How do those changes alter the way a… Read More

December, 2009