March 2021
Quantum trap
Sandia ensnares ions to offer experimenters a less cold and noisy way to study quantum computing.
Author Archives: Bill Cannon
March 2021
Warp drive
An open-source supercomputer code called WarpX simulates laser-made plasmas and presents a path for shrinking particle accelerators.
November 2020
Climate on a new scale
DOE’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model will harness the next level of supercomputer to explore big climate questions.
October 2020
Banishing blackouts
An Argonne researcher upgrades supercomputer optimization algorithms to boost reliability and resilience in U.S. power systems.
September 2020
AI gets real
From new energy materials to drug discovery and subatomic physics, artificial intelligence programs are creating scientific knowledge and applications across Department of Energy national labs.
August 2020
Quantum quandary
Simulations on Oak Ridge’s Summit supercomputer take aim at new energy-transmission devices and quantum computers.
July 2020
Supernova plunge
Astrophysicists use DOE supercomputers to reveal supernovae secrets.
June 2020
Quantum backbone
An Oak Ridge early-career award recipient plots the infrastructure for a quantum-information highway.
April 2020
Sizing up the beast
With help from DOE supercomputers, a USC-led team expands models of the fault system beneath its feet, aiming to predict its outbursts.
April 2020
Soil sifters
Algorithms and supercomputers help tease out how soil microbes affect global climate.