Bill Cannon

Physics to the max

Part of the Science at the Exascale series. After years of planning, construction and delays, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)… Read More

February 25, 2011

A need for speed

First in the Science at the Exascale series. Over the next decade, scientists will command the abilities of computers operating… Read More

February 14, 2011

Dynamic adaptations

Wind turbines, blood vessels and nuclear power plants might seem to have little in common, but their interactions with fluids –… Read More

January 19, 2011

Super shakeup

What scientists don’t know about huge earthquakes can make them tremble. Despite impressive advances in earthquake monitoring, no one knows… Read More

December 16, 2010

Watching the detectors

When it comes to finding and stopping the illicit movement of radioactive materials, it might seem obvious that a network… Read More

July 15, 2010

Strength in numbers

Working backward like cops at a crime scene, Karen Willcox and a team of other engineers and applied mathematicians start… Read More

April 29, 2010

Early risers

Several scientists supported by the Department of Energy’s Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) were among those who recently… Read More

March 31, 2010

Like clockwork

Timing is everything for Tal Danino and his colleagues. Using computer simulation and genetic engineering, they’re synchronizing bacteria into something… Read More

January 21, 2010

Slick solution

Complexity lurks within soap bubbles. These ubiquitous lathers may perform simple jobs like washing our hair, clothes, dishes and surfaces,… Read More

November 3, 2009

Future flames

Gasifying coal to produce hydrogen and other synthetic fuels is an ambitious project in its own right. But DOE’s Office… Read More

September 15, 2009