Molecular arrangements

December 28, 2016

Jet turbine stability, chocolate smoothness and drug purity all rely on crystallization – transforming fluids into a highly ordered solid.… Read More

Bake and shake

December 14, 2016

Jeroen Tromp’s geophysics group at Princeton University is using of one of science’s most powerful supercomputers to map underground plate… Read More

HEPCloud formation

November 30, 2016

The NOvA project at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory aims to catch an elusive, shape-shifting particle called the neutrino in… Read More

Machine-learning curve

November 2, 2016

This is the second article in a four-part series about applying Department of Energy big data and supercomputing expertise to… Read More

Digital rock physics

October 26, 2016

Fluids flowing underground are fundamental to water and energy security. These flows are important for a variety of applications –… Read More

Cancer’s search engine

October 12, 2016

This is the first article in a four-part series about applying Department of Energy big data and supercomputing expertise to… Read More

Argo: OS for exascale

October 5, 2016

In the supercomputers of yore, "people wanted the operating system to just get out of the way,” says Pete Beckman,… Read More

Untangling plant polymers

September 14, 2016

A huge barrier in converting cellulose polymers to biofuel lies in removing other biomass polymers that subvert this chemical process.… Read More

Have stencil, will lift

September 7, 2016

When he became a University of Washington assistant professor in 2015, Alvin Cheung vowed in a summary of his CV… Read More

Packaging a wallop

August 24, 2016

From climate-change predictions to models of the expanding universe, simulations help scientists understand complex physical phenomena. But simulations aren’t easy… Read More