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.
Category Archives: Energy
May 2017
Calculating collapse
Researchers turn to DOE supercomputers to study the havoc – and promise – of tiny bubbles.
August 2016
Tower of power
University of Colorado and Department of Energy labs turn to supercomputing to amp up efficiency in concentrating solar energy.
May 2016
Core data
Computing coolant behavior in nuclear-reactor regions beyond experimental reach.
July 2015
When electrons cooperate
University of Illinois physicists apply supercomputing to explore unconventional, high-temperature superconductivity.
May 2015
Cleansed coal
A University of Utah team is turning to high-performance computing to design a clean oxy-coal boiler.
March 2013
Watts and what ifs
Researchers are out to optimize our uncertain energy future.
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
Power supply
Exaflops-capable computers could be just the fuel the nuclear power industry needs.
August 2011
Adding exascale to energy
It’ll take the power of a new generation of computers to address a range of issues in basic energy sciences.