Bill Cannon

Neutron stream

If you’ve ever watched video over a slow Internet connection, you have some idea of what scientists face when working… Read More

June 26, 2013

Hard target

Scientists have painted a bull’s-eye on a new target in the AIDS virus, a triumph not only for authors of… Read More

June 5, 2013

Data wave

Big data extends far beyond its literal interpretation. It’s more than large volumes of information. It’s also complexity, including new… Read More

May 1, 2013

Sweet science

Students who wheeled a 55-gallon drum filled with M&Ms into a Princeton physicist’s office a decade ago unwittingly helped launch… Read More

April 16, 2013

Watts and what ifs

When it comes to the power that keeps our lights on, our food cold and our computers and  TVs operating,… Read More

March 26, 2013

Living with failure

Computer scientist Maya Gokhale is optimistic about exascale computing’s fast, bright future. But to achieve this success, the Lawrence Livermore… Read More

December 12, 2012

High speed, low power

Powering today’s petaflops computers – capable of quadrillions of calculations per second – costs $5 million to $10 million a year. Using current technology… Read More

November 14, 2012

Cosmic performance

It takes big computers to recreate the biggest thing there is – the observable universe – with enough details to help cosmologists… Read More

November 8, 2012

Water, water everywhere

Guided by advanced molecular modeling on supercomputers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists are investigating ways to turn atom-thick carbon layers into… Read More

October 30, 2012

Proxy apps for that

Achieving exascale computing will depend on many interacting parts. That requirement spawned the idea of co-design, in which developers consider… Read More

October 24, 2012