March 2012
Extreme data power
Scientific simulations at the exascale will generate huge amounts of data that researchers will need to assimilate for discoveries.
Author Archives: Bill Cannon
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.
December 2011
Age of uncertainty
Sandia’s QUEST team works to put uncertainty theory in practice.
November 2011
Network superstar at 25
ESnet, the data network that ties 25,000 scientists to Department of Energy laboratories, computers and instruments, is celebrating its 25th birthday with a facelift.
October 2011
Scaled-up nuclei
Studying interactions among the neutrons and protons that comprise nuclei will require exascale computers.
October 2011
Power to go
High-performance computing is boosting a promising new battery technology that may make electric cars a practical alternative to gas.
September 2011
To know the flow
Aerodynamics experts can simulate the complex world of air turbulence as never before.