November 2023
Small packages, big rewards
Oak Ridge’s algorithms for exascale computers, a Gordon Bell Prize finalist at SC23, anticipates the arrival of next-generation nuclear power for climate-change mitigation.
Category Archives: Energy
May 2023
Toil and trouble
Exascale computing power helps researchers understand bubble behavior that can handicap reactor technology designed to capture carbon dioxide emissions.
March 2023
Light handling
A UT Austin-led team links supercomputer simulations and material fabrication to advance light-related devices.
May 2022
Taking charge
At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, researchers simulate ion transport for ways to predict and improve materials for energy storage.
January 2022
Sustainable cities
Oak Ridge researchers harness Argonne’s Theta supercomputer to build energy-efficiency models for all U.S. buildings.
October 2021
Virtual wind farms
Next-generation wind-generated electricity gets a head start with DOE supercomputers.
April 2021
Lights, CAMERA, insights
DOE points its CAMERA collaboration at growing challenges in energy, nanoscience and computing across its light-source facilities.
October 2020
Banishing blackouts
An Argonne researcher upgrades supercomputer optimization algorithms to boost reliability and resilience in U.S. power systems.
June 2018
Steady as she flows
Aiming to boost aircraft safety, speed and fuel efficiency, engineers turn to Argonne’s Mira supercomputer to study supersonic turbulence.
May 2017
Calculating collapse
Researchers turn to DOE supercomputers to study the havoc – and promise – of tiny bubbles.