An Oak Ridge team applies supercomputing to environmental justice in a changing climate.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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River of data
Oak Ridge-developed open-source software is helping model watersheds and related climate issues the world over
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Borrowing from the brain
Nature inspires Oak Ridge National Laboratory algorithms for neuromorphic processors.
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Genome-crunching
Supercomputing power and increasing genomic data are allowing Oak Ridge researchers to examine drought tolerance in plants and other big biological questions.
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Enhancing enzymes
High-quality computational models of enzyme catalysts could lead to improved access to biofuels and better carbon capture.
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Nanogeometry
With a boost from the Titan supercomputer, a Berkeley Lab group works the angles on X-rays to analyze thin films of interest for the next generation of nanodevices.
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Early-universe soup
ORNL’s Titan supercomputer is helping Brookhaven physicists understand the matter that formed microseconds after the Big Bang.
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Analysis restaurant
The AnalyzeThis system deals with the rush of huge data-analysis orders typical in scientific computing.
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Layered look
With help from the Titan supercomputer, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory team is peering at the chemistry and physics between the layers of superconducting materials.
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Slippery subject
University of Texas researchers are out to improve computational models of ice sheets by refining estimates of basal friction: how much rocks and earth slow the sheet’s movement.
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Supernova shocks
More than 10 years after simulations first suggested its presence, observations appear to confirm that a key instability drives the shock behind one kind of supernova.
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Deciphering the big thaw
Scientists thought they had figured out what ended the last ice age – except for one nagging problem. Researchers using Oak Ridge National Laboratory computers may now have discovered the final answer.
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Kinky nanotubes
With the help of Oak Ridge computations, scientists are probing the properties of macroscale sponges made of nanoscale carbon-boron tubes. The material could soak up oil spills, help store energy or meet other needs.
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Seeing the invisible
Armed with computing power from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers are detailing the nature of dark matter surrounding a galaxy much like our own Milky Way.
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Breaking the biomass barrier
What Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are learning could help make ethanol from cellulose a viable fuel alternative – and help the United States replace foreign oil with a green, renewable resource.