June 2009

Clearing up clouds

A team hopes to disperse the haze surrounding clouds’ behavior and influence on the atmosphere. The tool: a simulation operating at an exceptionally fine scale.

March 2009

Lightweight heavyweight

Barney Maccabe’s helping bring petascale computing into the mainstream of scientific computing – and practicing his substantial hockey skills.

February 2009

Power from plants

Deploying massive computer resources to convert stems and leaves to sugars for fuel.

November 2008

Quiet, please

University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratory researchers have ideas for quieting operating-system noise.