Labs

Quantum gold

Driven by what’s missing in experiments, Brookhaven's Yan Li applies quantum mechanics to compute the physical properties of materials. Read More

September, 2013

Star power

A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher simulates the physics that fuel the sun, with an eye toward creating a controllable… Read More

August, 2013

Deciphering the big thaw

Scientists thought they had figured out what ended the last ice age – except for one nagging problem. Researchers using… Read More

July, 2013

Sun on Earth

Simulations at Sandia National Laboratories reveal that using magnetism to heat and insulate fusion fuel could recreate solar conditions in… Read More

January, 2013

Filling in the blanks

To prevent important information from being missed, a Berkeley Lab team is improving how supercomputers divvy up the ponderous tasks… Read More

November, 2012

Overcoming resistance

To find a path around antibiotic resistance, a team working with the Intrepid supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory is simulating… Read More

October, 2012

Kinky nanotubes

With the help of Oak Ridge computations, scientists are probing the properties of macroscale sponges made of nanoscale carbon-boron tubes.… Read More

September, 2012

A passion for pressure

Plasmas are the purview of Livermore scientist and Computational Science Graduate Fellowship alumnus Jeffrey Hittinger. He works both sides of… Read More

August, 2012

Twice-stuffed permafrost

A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory computation suggests that the water-gas compounds found in ocean permafrost can provide energy and store… Read More

July, 2012

Enlightening predictions

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

June, 2012