ASCR Discovery

Primping polymers

Chemists have been looking at polymers and gels for decades to see how these large chains of molecules respond to… Read More

November 20, 2013

Supernova revelations

Supernovae used to be simple. Just ask Stan Woosley. Almost 50 years ago, when the renowned astrophysicist began contemplating the… Read More

October 31, 2013

Neutron stream

If you’ve ever watched video over a slow Internet connection, you have some idea of what scientists face when working… Read More

June 26, 2013

Hard target

Scientists have painted a bull’s-eye on a new target in the AIDS virus, a triumph not only for authors of… Read More

June 5, 2013

Data wave

Big data extends far beyond its literal interpretation. It’s more than large volumes of information. It’s also complexity, including new… Read More

May 1, 2013

Sweet science

Students who wheeled a 55-gallon drum filled with M&Ms into a Princeton physicist’s office a decade ago unwittingly helped launch… Read More

April 16, 2013

Watts and what ifs

When it comes to the power that keeps our lights on, our food cold and our computers and  TVs operating,… Read More

March 26, 2013

Water, water everywhere

Guided by advanced molecular modeling on supercomputers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists are investigating ways to turn atom-thick carbon layers into… Read More

October 30, 2012

Looking skyward

A telescope project as a teenager and a lifelong interest in delving deeper into theory have fueled Jorge Nocedal’s career,… Read More

October 10, 2012

Storm tracking

By graphing points in Earth’s roiling atmosphere with the aid of the latest petascale-power technology, scientists collaborating on Department of… Read More

June 20, 2012