July 2015
When electrons cooperate
University of Illinois physicists apply supercomputing to explore unconventional, high-temperature superconductivity.
Category Archives: Energy
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.
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.
September 2009
Cleaning up coal
Computation tweaks coal conversion to boost efficiency.
August 2007
Hot stuff
A computer simulation shows how new, efficient nuclear power plants can keep their cool.