Archive for October, 2007

ORNL Scientist Leads Climate Report

Posted on Oct 19th, 2007

Wilbanks says now is time to figure out how to adapt to changes in energy needs The first comprehensive look at the impact of climate change on U.S. energy use and ...
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Researchers Explore the Effectiveness of Alzheimer’s

Posted on Oct 11th, 2007

Summary Current Alzheimer's drugs delay the symptoms of the disease but do not effectively stop the progression of Alzheimer's fibril and plaque formation. Scientists are exploring a new generation of ...
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ORNL Closes In On Petascale Computing

Posted on Oct 11th, 2007

As a Department of Energy leadership computing facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) employs some of some of the most powerful supercomputers on the planet. Buddy Bland, ...
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Dissecting Fire: Model Fully Resolves Ignition Process for the First Time

Posted on Oct 11th, 2007

Research may fuel low-temperature combustion technology to save energy, cut emissions To flip an old saying, where there’s fire, there’s smoke. No one knows that better than Jacqueline Chen, a mechanical ...
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Astrophysicists Close in on Exploding Stars

Posted on Oct 11th, 2007

A research group led by Anthony Mezzacappa of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is using the National Center for Computational Sciences’ (NCCS’s) Cray XT4 Jaguar supercomputer to solve one of ...
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ORNL’s Jaguar to get speed upgrade

Posted on Oct 9th, 2007

OAK RIDGE — The Jaguar, second-fastest computer in the world according to a top 500 list released in late June, will get new processors by year’s end — more than ...
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ORNL director discusses future challenges

Posted on Oct 9th, 2007

A crowd of Oak Ridge National Laboratory supporters, science buffs and interested citizens visited the American Museum of Science and Energy last Thursday night for ORNL Director Thom Mason's report ...
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ORNL Gets New Supercomputer

Posted on Oct 1st, 2007

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has purchased its first IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer, Thomas Zacharia, the lab’s associate director for computing and computational sciences, confirmed to The Oak Ridger. The low-power, ...
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