A Cornell University fellowship recipient works on methods for ensuring software functions as expected.
Sandia National Laboratories

A split nanosecond
Sandia supercomputer simulations of atomic behavior under extreme conditions advances materials modeling.

Happy returns
Sandia’s Humberto Silva III applies uncertainty quantification to model smooth atmospheric reentry from space.

A quantum bridge
Sandia National Laboratories researchers seek to connect quantum and classical calculations in a drive for a new supercomputer paradigm.

ARM wrestling
Aiming to expand their technology options, Vanguard program researchers are testing a prototype supercomputer built with ARM processors.

Connecting equations
A Sandia National Laboratories mathematician is honored for his work creating methods for supercomputers.

Booting up Trinity
The unusual architecture in Los Alamos National Laboratory’s newest supercomputer is a step toward the exascale – systems around a hundred times more powerful than today’s best machines.

Forecasting failure
Sandia National Laboratories aims to predict physics on a micrometer scale.

Multitalented metric
An alternative computing benchmark emerges to reflect scientific performance.

Joint venture
Sandia National Laboratories investigators turn to advanced modeling to test the reliability of the joints that hold nuclear missiles together.


Sun on Earth
Simulations at Sandia National Laboratories reveal that using magnetism to heat and insulate fusion fuel could recreate solar conditions in the lab.

Laptop supercomputing
A small team led by Sandia National Laboratories is attempting to virtually put the world’s most powerful supercomputers on a user’s own desktop or laptop.
Invoking pharaoh’s name
The U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal must withstand attack and successfully strike their targets. Sandia scientists must figure out how.