May 2014
Supernova shocks
Observations support a supernova shock phenomenon discovered through computer modeling.
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June 2012
Storm tracking
Graph theory reveals hidden links that could greatly improve scientists’ predictions of hurricane activity.
November 2010
Honoring a climate model pioneer
Warren Washington has wedded computers and climate science for more than 50 years, culminating in the National Medal of Science.
November 2010
Getting a reaction
A collaboration is powering a nuclear energy modeling resurgence.
October 2010
Virtual ice-breaker
Fractures fuel the breakup of ice sheets and herald the effects of global waming, but climate models find it tough to track the cracks.
September 2010
Inside materials’ DNA
MIT’s Materials Genome Project enlists databases and density functional theory to discover safe, clean materials for a new energy era.
December 2009
Girding the grid
Computational tools help to improve the interconnected grids that power homes and businesses and to avoid major failures like the 2003 Northeast blackout.
October 2009
Catching rays
An advanced-laser team enlists supercomputing to shed light on optimal designs.
September 2009
Past blasts
Climate modelers are analyzing the past 150 years of weather to compare today’s storms and climate trends to yesteryear’s.
June 2009
Science in motion
Scientific visualization harnesses the power of computing and human vision as full partners in scientific reasoning.