February 2009
Power from plants
Deploying massive computer resources to convert stems and leaves to sugars for fuel.
February 2009
Moving mounds of data
The increasing power of high-performance computers has created a parallel increase in the data they process and produce.
February 2009
Going underground
Brothers’ methods model flows and assess uncertainty.
January 2009
Divide and conquer
Better nanoscale materials for devices like solar cells may depend on bigger, more detailed computational models.
December 2008
More than a bit faster
An eight-year effort to improve database indexing is paying off for a group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers with FastBit.
December 2008
Interfaces move; algorithms follow
For almost 30 years, LBNL mathematician James Sethian has been building code for better semiconductors, improved medical images and other practical applications.
November 2008
Quiet, please
University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratory researchers have ideas for quieting operating-system noise.
February 2008
It’s a virtual blast
Ralf Deiterding’s quest for unexplored areas in scientific computing has led to simulations of detonation at the finest detail.
November 2007
Power play
A Japanese supercomputer’s record-setting performance set off a drive to keep American science competitive.
August 2007
Hot stuff
A computer simulation shows how new, efficient nuclear power plants can keep their cool.