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OLCF Snapshot June 14, 2010

Supercomputers Simulate the Molecular Machines that Replicate and Repair DNA Scientists model replisome components to understand their role in health and disease Imagine you are an astronaut. A piece of space junk ...

OLCF Snapshot May 17, 2010

Jaguar Explores Carbon–Water Union Researchers hit jackpot with CASINO code Some research has potential that’s difficult to quantify. The ramifications of a better understanding of a particular phenomenon can sometimes reverberate throughout ...

OLCF Snapshot April 19, 2010

Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility Gets a Visit from the secretary of energy Steven Chu stops by the world’s fastest supercomputer during 2-day visit to Oak Ridge On March 23 Secretary of ...

OLCF Snapshot March 15, 2010

OLCF Releases “Science at the Petascale 2009: Pioneering Applications Point the Way” Highlights from the first petascale research conducted on Jaguar “Science at the Petascale 2009: Pioneering Applications Point the Way,” a ...

OLCF Snapshot January 25, 2010

Turning Exhaust into Power ORNL supercomputer shines light on thermoelectric material As it turns out, pushing electrons to the side can turn the tailpipe of your car into an electric generator. A research ...

NCCS Snapshot December 14, 2009

Denovo Uses Jaguar to Test Its Muscle for Reactor Problems Radiation transport code runs largest known simulations of a nuclear reactor Denovo, a new parallel solver for radiation transport developed at Oak ...

NCCS Snapshot November 30, 2009

Jaguar: The World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer. For Science! Oak Ridge supercomputer takes number 1 on Top500 list An upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the Department of ...

NCCS Snapshot October 19, 2009

Scientists Develop New Method to Quantify Climate Modeling Uncertainty Flux of temperature might play greater role than expected Climate scientists recognize that climate modeling projections include a significant level of uncertainty. A ...

NCCS Snapshot September 21, 2009

ORNL Supercomputers Help Studies of Supernovas, Space Researchers use Jaguar to simulate ignition in type Ia supernova explosions Type Ia supernovas are the largest thermonuclear explosions in nature, expelling mass greater than ...

NCCS Snapshot August 31, 2009

Tracking a Neutron's Odyssey through a Fast Reactor Supercomputers at Oak Ridge help redesign the nuclear reactor In an age of rapid technological advancement and growing ecological awareness, the more than 60-year-old ...