Oak Ridge

Supernova shocks

More than 10 years after simulations first suggested its presence, observations appear to confirm that a key instability drives the… Read More

May, 2014

After the thaw

Simulations of melting permafrost promise changes in climate modeling. Read More

February, 2014

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

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

Seeing the invisible

Armed with computing power from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers are detailing the nature of dark matter surrounding a galaxy… Read More

October, 2010

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