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NCCS Snapshot December 14, 2009

Posted on Jan 4th, 2010

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 ...
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NCCS Snapshot November 30, 2009

Posted on Dec 9th, 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 ...
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NCCS Snapshot October 19, 2009

Posted on Dec 9th, 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 ...
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NCCS Snapshot September 21, 2009

Posted on Dec 9th, 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 ...
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NCCS Snapshot August 31, 2009

Posted on Dec 9th, 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 ...
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NCCS Snapshot July 20, 2009

Posted on Aug 5th, 2009

Oak Ridge Supercomputers Provide First Simulation of Abrupt Climate Change Researchers use ‘Phoenix’ and ‘Jaguar’ to study climate’s past and future At the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...
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NCCS Snapshot June 29, 2009

Posted on Jul 15th, 2009

Spider Up and Spinning Connections to All Computing Platforms at ORNL ‘We couldn’t phone and order one,’ so ORNL, collaborators trail-blaze a file system giant Spider, the world’s biggest Lustre-based, centerwide file ...
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NCCS Snapshot June 1, 2009

Posted on Jun 5th, 2009

Modeling Volcanic Eruptions Mimics a Stressed Climate Scientists simulate climate response to volcanic gas emissions to test model’s accuracy The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines spewed 20 million tons ...
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NCCS Snapshot May 11, 2009

Posted on May 19th, 2009

The Dynamic Duo Team simulates core/edge interaction in fusion plasma Recent fusion simulations on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) Jaguar supercomputer have verified what has long been speculated: the temperature and turbulence ...
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NCCS Snapshot March 16, 2009

Posted on Mar 25th, 2009

Zacharia Takes Science and Technology Posts Nichols named interim associate laboratory director for computing at ORNL Thomas Zacharia, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) associate director for computing and computational sciences, has ...
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