July 2012
Good combination
Combinatorial scientific computing, or CSC, has helped reveal new ways of understanding deep, hidden structure in our world, in areas from genomics to engineering.
June 2012
Storm tracking
Graph theory reveals hidden links that could greatly improve scientists’ predictions of hurricane activity.
May 2012
Blueprints for power
Computer designers are rethinking nearly everything in their quest to develop systems capable of exaflops-speed calculations.
May 2012
Feasible fuels
Large-scale computing proves an important tool for testing hypotheses about cellulose-derived fuels.
April 2012
Mira, Mira
At 10 petaflops, the Blue Gene/Q supercomputer known as Mira will about about 20 times more powerful than the current-generation machines.
March 2012
Extreme data power
Scientific simulations at the exascale will generate huge amounts of data that researchers will need to assimilate for discoveries.
February 2012
Power players
Two DOE early career stars work to efficiently move big data.
January 2012
High-nanotech
A Purdue University team is scaling up tools that model various nano-electronic devices, including the next generation of transistors.
January 2012
Corralling carbon dioxide
Supercomputers are speeding new-materials designs that sponge up carbon dioxide and helping assemble systems for large-scale carbon capture.
December 2011
Game on
Scientific simulations are running even faster, thanks to the growing use of graphics processing units.