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experts and NERSC supercomputers, astrophysicists can now study turbulence in unprecedented detail, and the results may hold clues about some of the processes that lead to destructive space weather events. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/supercomputers-capture-turbulence-in-the-solar-wind/" title="Supercomputers Capture Turbulence in the Solar Wind " class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/an-inside-look-at-a-mof-in-action/" title="An Inside Look at a MOF in Action"><img width="100" height="100" alt="MgMOF74.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Mg-MOF-74/MgMOF74__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/an-inside-look-at-a-mof-in-action/" title="An Inside Look at a MOF in Action">An Inside Look at a MOF in Action<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">December 5, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A unique inside look at the electronic structure of a highly touted metal-organic framework (MOF) as it is adsorbing carbon dioxide gas should help in the design of new and improved MOFs for carbon capture and storage. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/an-inside-look-at-a-mof-in-action/" title="An Inside Look at a MOF in Action" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-supercomputers-help-reveal-secrets-of-natural-gas-reserves/" title="NERSC Supercomputers Help Reveal Secrets of Natural Gas Reserves"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color electron microscope image illustrating mineralogy " src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Natural-gas-reserves/shalefull__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-supercomputers-help-reveal-secrets-of-natural-gas-reserves/" title="NERSC Supercomputers Help Reveal Secrets of Natural Gas Reserves">NERSC Supercomputers Help Reveal Secrets of Natural Gas Reserves<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">December 3, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Supercomputers at the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Supercomputing Center (NERSC) helped scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) study gas and oil deposits in shale and reveal structural information that could lead to more efficient extraction of gas and oil from shale. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-supercomputers-help-reveal-secrets-of-natural-gas-reserves/" title="NERSC Supercomputers Help Reveal Secrets of Natural Gas Reserves" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/big-data-hits-the-beamline/" title="Big Data Hits the Beamline"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Three-dimensional color rendering from computed microtomography data" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Big-Data-hits-Beamline/Deixis2013-2__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/big-data-hits-the-beamline/" title="Big Data Hits the Beamline">Big Data Hits the Beamline<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">November 26, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">When scientists from around the world visit Dula Parkinson’s microtomography beamline at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Advanced Light Source, they all want the same thing: scientifically illuminating X-ray views of matter. Unfortunately, many of them have left with debilitating data overload. Department of Energy scientists like Parkinson are collaborating with computational scientists and mathematicians on data-handling and analysis tools. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/big-data-hits-the-beamline/" title="Big Data Hits the Beamline" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/searching-for-cosmic-accelerators-via-icecube/" title="Searching for Cosmic Accelerators via IceCube"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Bert.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Spencer-Klein---IceCube/Bert__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/searching-for-cosmic-accelerators-via-icecube/" title="Searching for Cosmic Accelerators via IceCube">Searching for Cosmic Accelerators via IceCube<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">November 21, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">New results from IceCube, the neutrino observatory buried at the South Pole, may show the way to locating and identifying cosmic accelerators in our galaxy that are 40 million times more powerful than the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/searching-for-cosmic-accelerators-via-icecube/" title="Searching for Cosmic Accelerators via IceCube" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/turning-greenhouse-gases-into-gold/" title="Greenhouse Gases into Gold"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Diagram depicting electro-reduction of CO2" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/CO2-conversion/carbon-conversion-fig-1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/turning-greenhouse-gases-into-gold/" title="Greenhouse Gases into Gold">Greenhouse Gases into Gold<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">November 6, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Environmentalists have long lamented the destructive effects of greenhouse gases, with carbon dioxide (CO2) often accused of being the primary instigator of global climate change. As a result, numerous efforts are under way to find ways to prevent, capture and sequester—perhaps even bury—CO2 emissions and reduce their negative effects. But some researchers say CO2 is getting a bad rap. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/turning-greenhouse-gases-into-gold/" title="Greenhouse Gases into Gold" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/new-model-of-earth-s-interior-reveals-clues-to-hotspot-volcanoes/" title="New Model of Earth’s Interior Reveals Clues to Hotspot Volcanoes"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color 3D visualization of the top 1,000 kilometers of Earth’s mantle beneath the central Pacific" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Volcanic-Hotspots/volcanic-hotspots1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/new-model-of-earth-s-interior-reveals-clues-to-hotspot-volcanoes/" title="New Model of Earth’s Interior Reveals Clues to Hotspot Volcanoes">New Model of Earth’s Interior Reveals Clues to Hotspot Volcanoes<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">October 29, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using supercomputers at NERSC, scientists have detected previously unknown channels of slow-moving seismic waves in Earth’s upper mantle. This discovery helps to explain how “hotspot volcanoes”—the kind that give birth to island chains like Hawaii and Tahiti—come to exist.<br /> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/new-model-of-earth-s-interior-reveals-clues-to-hotspot-volcanoes/" title="New Model of Earth’s Interior Reveals Clues to Hotspot Volcanoes" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/2d-monolayers-could-yield-thinnest-solar-cells-ever/" title="2D Monolayers Could Yield Thinnest Solar Cells Ever"><img width="100" height="100" alt="thin solar cells Grossman" src="/assets/Uploads/thin-solar-cells-Grossman__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/2d-monolayers-could-yield-thinnest-solar-cells-ever/" title="2D Monolayers Could Yield Thinnest Solar Cells Ever">2D Monolayers Could Yield Thinnest Solar Cells Ever<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">October 21, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">New computer simulations have shown how using a different type of material could enable thinner, more lightweight solar panels that provide power densities – watts per kilogram of material – orders of magnitude higher than current technologies. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/2d-monolayers-could-yield-thinnest-solar-cells-ever/" title="2D Monolayers Could Yield Thinnest Solar Cells Ever" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/clot-busting-simulations-test-potential-stroke-treatment/" title="Clot Busting Simulations Test Potential Stroke Treatment "><img width="100" height="100" alt="Calvariasetup.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Blood-Clot/Calvariasetup__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/clot-busting-simulations-test-potential-stroke-treatment/" title="Clot Busting Simulations Test Potential Stroke Treatment ">Clot Busting Simulations Test Potential Stroke Treatment <span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">September 24, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers are using computer simulations to investigate how ultrasound and tiny bubbles injected into the bloodstream might break up blood clots, limiting the damage caused by a stroke in its first hours. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/clot-busting-simulations-test-potential-stroke-treatment/" title="Clot Busting Simulations Test Potential Stroke Treatment " class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-calculations-provide-independent-confirmation-of-global-land-warming-since-1901/" title="NERSC Calculations Provide Independent Confirmation of Global Land Warming Since 1901"><img width="100" height="100" alt="campo.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Campo/campo__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-calculations-provide-independent-confirmation-of-global-land-warming-since-1901/" title="NERSC Calculations Provide Independent Confirmation of Global Land Warming Since 1901">NERSC Calculations Provide Independent Confirmation of Global Land Warming Since 1901<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">September 9, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Scientists report that land surface air temperatures estimated using a number of historical observations largely match the existing temperature measurements spanning the years 1901 to 2010. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-calculations-provide-independent-confirmation-of-global-land-warming-since-1901/" title="NERSC Calculations Provide Independent Confirmation of Global Land Warming Since 1901" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/openmsi-a-science-gateway-to-sort-through-bio-imaging-s-big-datasets/" title="OpenMSI: A Science Gateway to Sort Through Bio-Imaging’s Big Datasets"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color overlay of mass spectrometry images" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/OpenMSI/OpenMSINERSC__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/openmsi-a-science-gateway-to-sort-through-bio-imaging-s-big-datasets/" title="OpenMSI: A Science Gateway to Sort Through Bio-Imaging’s Big Datasets">OpenMSI: A Science Gateway to Sort Through Bio-Imaging’s Big Datasets<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 27, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">MSI technology is already helping doctors to better diagnose diseases, and leading to the creation of energy efficient and renewable biofuels. But researchers envision these areas of science progressing much faster—if only they had the computational tools to easily process, analyze and share these massive datasets. Now, they do—it’s called OpenMSI. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/openmsi-a-science-gateway-to-sort-through-bio-imaging-s-big-datasets/" title="OpenMSI: A Science Gateway to Sort Through Bio-Imaging’s Big Datasets" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/computer-simulations-indicate-calcium-carbonate-has-a-dense-liquid-phase/" title="Computer Simulations Indicate Calcium Carbonate Has a Dense Liquid Phase"><img width="100" height="100" alt="red2.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Calcium-Carbonate/red2__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/computer-simulations-indicate-calcium-carbonate-has-a-dense-liquid-phase/" title="Computer Simulations Indicate Calcium Carbonate Has a Dense Liquid Phase">Computer Simulations Indicate Calcium Carbonate Has a Dense Liquid Phase<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 22, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Berkeley Lab researchers find that calcium carbonate – the ubiquitous compound that is a major component of seashells, limestone, concrete, antacids, and myriad other naturally and industrially produced substances – may momentarily exist in liquid form as it crystallizes from solution. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/computer-simulations-indicate-calcium-carbonate-has-a-dense-liquid-phase/" title="Computer Simulations Indicate Calcium Carbonate Has a Dense Liquid Phase" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/hollow-magnetic-cage-molecules-could-aid-drug-delivery/" title="NERSC Helps Physicists ID New Molecules With Unique Features "><img width="100" height="100" alt="MagneticHollowCages-sm.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Hollow-Cage-Molecules/MagneticHollowCages-sm__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/hollow-magnetic-cage-molecules-could-aid-drug-delivery/" title="NERSC Helps Physicists ID New Molecules With Unique Features ">NERSC Helps Physicists ID New Molecules With Unique Features <span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 10, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Hollow magnetic cage molecules may have applications in technology, healthcare <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/hollow-magnetic-cage-molecules-could-aid-drug-delivery/" title="NERSC Helps Physicists ID New Molecules With Unique Features " class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/rising-sea-levels-due-to-global-warming-are-unstoppable/" title="Rising Sea Levels Due to Global Warming Are Unstoppable"><img width="100" height="100" alt="washington.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Rising-Sea-Levels/washington__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/rising-sea-levels-due-to-global-warming-are-unstoppable/" title="Rising Sea Levels Due to Global Warming Are Unstoppable">Rising Sea Levels Due to Global Warming Are Unstoppable<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 5, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions could greatly lessen the impacts of climate change. However, the gases already added to the atmosphere ensure a certain amount of sea level rise to come, even if future emissions are reduced. A study by National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) scientist Gerald Meehl and colleagues quantifies the impact on oceans of the “climate commitment” being made now by human activity. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/rising-sea-levels-due-to-global-warming-are-unstoppable/" title="Rising Sea Levels Due to Global Warming Are Unstoppable" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/throwing-a-lifeline-to-scientists-drowning-in-data/" title="Throwing a Lifeline to Scientists Drowning in Data"><img width="100" height="100" alt="DisMergeTreev1.png" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Distributed-Merge-Tree/DisMergeTreev1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/throwing-a-lifeline-to-scientists-drowning-in-data/" title="Throwing a Lifeline to Scientists Drowning in Data">Throwing a Lifeline to Scientists Drowning in Data<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 1, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Computational scientists at Berkeley Lab have figured out how to streamline the analysis of enormous scientific datasets. The analysis uses the same techniques that make complex subway systems understandable at a glance. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/throwing-a-lifeline-to-scientists-drowning-in-data/" title="Throwing a Lifeline to Scientists Drowning in Data" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/physics-of-intrinsic-plasma-rotation-explained-for-first-time/" title="Physics of Intrinsic Plasma Rotation Explained for First Time"><img width="100" height="100" alt="CHANG.JPG" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Chang---Fusion/CHANG__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.JPG" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/physics-of-intrinsic-plasma-rotation-explained-for-first-time/" title="Physics of Intrinsic Plasma Rotation Explained for First Time">Physics of Intrinsic Plasma Rotation Explained for First Time<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 23, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">The quality of a fusion reaction is determined by plasma confinement at the edge, which is not yet completely understood due to the complicated interactions between multiscale physics. The SciDAC-developed XGC1 code, which was created using NERSC supercomputers, is the world’s first and only gyrokinetic code able to simulate the multiscale turbulence and background physics in realistic edge geometries. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/physics-of-intrinsic-plasma-rotation-explained-for-first-time/" title="Physics of Intrinsic Plasma Rotation Explained for First Time" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/with-nanoparticles-slower-may-be-better/" title="With Nanoparticles, Slower May Be Better"><img width="100" height="100" alt="grestnano.gif" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Nanoparticles/grestnano__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.gif" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/with-nanoparticles-slower-may-be-better/" title="With Nanoparticles, Slower May Be Better">With Nanoparticles, Slower May Be Better<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 5, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Molecular dynamics simulations conducted at NERSC provide unprecedented understanding of nanoparticle structure and symmetry. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/with-nanoparticles-slower-may-be-better/" title="With Nanoparticles, Slower May Be Better" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/tundra-bushes-fuel-thaw/" title="Thriving Tundra Bushes Add Fuel to Northern Thaw"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Bonfils-1.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Tundra-Bushes/Bonfils-1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/tundra-bushes-fuel-thaw/" title="Thriving Tundra Bushes Add Fuel to Northern Thaw">Thriving Tundra Bushes Add Fuel to Northern Thaw<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 28, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Carbon-gobbling plants are normally allies in the fight to slow climate change, but in the frozen north, the effects of thriving vegetation may actually push temperatures higher. In a series of climate simulations performed at NERSC, a group of researchers found that the spread of bushes, taller ones especially, could exacerbate warming in northern latitudes by anywhere from 0.6°C to 1.8°C per year. What’s more, taller species have the potential to warm tundra soil more deeply, threatening… <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/tundra-bushes-fuel-thaw/" title="Thriving Tundra Bushes Add Fuel to Northern Thaw" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/development-of-advanced-materials-get-boost/" title="Development of Advanced Materials Get Boost"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Photo of Berkeley Lab scientist Kristin Persson" src="/assets/NewsImages/2011/Materials-Project/XBD201110-01310__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/development-of-advanced-materials-get-boost/" title="Development of Advanced Materials Get Boost">Development of Advanced Materials Get Boost<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 24, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">The Materials Project—an open-access Google-like database for materials research developed by Berkeley Lab and MIT—is working with Intermolecular, Inc. to enhance the tool's modeling capabilities and thus accelerate the speed of new material development by tenfold or more. New materials are key to addressing challenges in energy, healthcare and national security. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/development-of-advanced-materials-get-boost/" title="Development of Advanced Materials Get Boost" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/emission-regulations-reduced-impact-of-climate-change-in-ca/" title="Emission Regulations Reduced Impact of Climate Change in CA"><img width="100" height="100" alt="CA-BC-graphic.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Aerosols/CA-BC-graphic__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/emission-regulations-reduced-impact-of-climate-change-in-ca/" title="Emission Regulations Reduced Impact of Climate Change in CA">Emission Regulations Reduced Impact of Climate Change in CA<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 13, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A study using supercomputers at NERSC found that reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s, mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs, have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a first-of-its-kind study examining the impact of black carbon on California’s climate. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/emission-regulations-reduced-impact-of-climate-change-in-ca/" title="Emission Regulations Reduced Impact of Climate Change in CA" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/trillion-particle-simulation-on-hopper-honored-with-best-paper/" title="Trillion Particle Simulation on Hopper Honored with Best Paper"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Visualization of a large-scale plasma physics simulation" src="/assets/NewsImages/2012/Trillion-Particles/VPIC1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/trillion-particle-simulation-on-hopper-honored-with-best-paper/" title="Trillion Particle Simulation on Hopper Honored with Best Paper">Trillion Particle Simulation on Hopper Honored with Best Paper<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 31, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">An unprecedented trillion-particle simulation, which utilized more than 120,000 processors and generated approximately 350 terabytes of data, pushed NERSC’s Cray XE6 “Hopper” supercomputer to its limits. And, allowed Berkeley Lab researchers to glean valuable insights that will help thousands of scientists worldwide make the most of current petascale systems like Hopper and future exascale supercomputers. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/trillion-particle-simulation-on-hopper-honored-with-best-paper/" title="Trillion Particle Simulation on Hopper Honored with Best Paper" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/researchers-model-impact-of-aerosols-over-california/" title="Researchers Model Impact of Aerosols Over California"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Photo of smog over downtown Los Angeles" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Aerosols/LosAngelesSmogv1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/researchers-model-impact-of-aerosols-over-california/" title="Researchers Model Impact of Aerosols Over California">Researchers Model Impact of Aerosols Over California<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 28, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">For the first time ever, researchers have characterized the relative, direct influence of different aerosol species on seasonal atmospheric warming and cooling over California using supercomputers at NERSC and at PNNL. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/researchers-model-impact-of-aerosols-over-california/" title="Researchers Model Impact of Aerosols Over California" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/math-of-popping-bubbles-in-a-foam/" title="Math of Popping Bubbles in a Foam"><img width="100" height="100" alt="bubblesthumbnail.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Bubbles/bubblesthumbnail__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/math-of-popping-bubbles-in-a-foam/" title="Math of Popping Bubbles in a Foam">Math of Popping Bubbles in a Foam<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 9, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers have described mathematically the complex evolution and disappearance of foamy bubbles, a feat that could help in modeling industrial processes. Applying these equations, they used NERSC supercomputers to create visualizations showing the disappearance of wobbly foams one burst bubble at a time. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/math-of-popping-bubbles-in-a-foam/" title="Math of Popping Bubbles in a Foam" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/aided-by-simulations-scientists-observe-atomic-collapse-state/" title="Aided by Simulations, Scientists Observe Atomic Collapse State"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Crommie-Atomic-Collapse.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Atomic-Collapse/Crommie-Atomic-Collapse__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/aided-by-simulations-scientists-observe-atomic-collapse-state/" title="Aided by Simulations, Scientists Observe Atomic Collapse State">Aided by Simulations, Scientists Observe Atomic Collapse State<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 26, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Aided by simulations generated at NERSC, scientists have finally confirmed a 70 year-old prediction in quantum mechanics: Electrons in super-heavy atoms can spiral into the nucleus and away again, emitting positron in the process, an effect known as atomic collapse state. This finding holds important implications for new kinds of graphene-based electronic devices, as well as future basic physics research. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/aided-by-simulations-scientists-observe-atomic-collapse-state/" title="Aided by Simulations, Scientists Observe Atomic Collapse State" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/supercomputers-help-a-catalyst-reach-its-full-potential/" title="Supercomputers Help a Catalyst Reach its Full Potential "><img width="100" height="100" alt="protondeliverystory.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Proton-Delivery--S.-Raguei/protondeliverystory__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/supercomputers-help-a-catalyst-reach-its-full-potential/" title="Supercomputers Help a Catalyst Reach its Full Potential ">Supercomputers Help a Catalyst Reach its Full Potential <span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 23, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Chemical reactions, facilitated by catalysts, are crucial to many industrial processes. Although many catalysts used in industry work just fine, researchers at PNNL want to help them reach their full potential. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/supercomputers-help-a-catalyst-reach-its-full-potential/" title="Supercomputers Help a Catalyst Reach its Full Potential " class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/bisicles-captures-details-of-retreating-antarctic-ice/" title="BISICLES Captures Details of Retreating Antarctic Ice "><img width="100" height="100" alt="bisiclescrdhp" src="/assets/Uploads/bisiclescrdhp__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/bisicles-captures-details-of-retreating-antarctic-ice/" title="BISICLES Captures Details of Retreating Antarctic Ice ">BISICLES Captures Details of Retreating Antarctic Ice <span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 30, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Satellite observations suggest that the shrinking West Antarctic ice sheet is contributing to global sea level rise. But until recently, scientists could not accurately model the physical processes driving retreat of the ice sheet. Now, a new ice sheet model—BISICLES—is shedding light on these details. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/bisicles-captures-details-of-retreating-antarctic-ice/" title="BISICLES Captures Details of Retreating Antarctic Ice " class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/simulations-yield-clues-to-how-cells-interact-with-surroundings/" title=" Simulations Yield Clues to How Cells Interact With Surroundings"><img width="100" height="100" alt="NMA2.gif" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Integrin/NMA2__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.gif" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/simulations-yield-clues-to-how-cells-interact-with-surroundings/" title=" Simulations Yield Clues to How Cells Interact With Surroundings"> Simulations Yield Clues to How Cells Interact With Surroundings<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 21, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Computer models offer a new look at the molecular machinery that enables cells to interact with their environment. The research has implications for cancer and atherosclerosis research. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/simulations-yield-clues-to-how-cells-interact-with-surroundings/" title=" Simulations Yield Clues to How Cells Interact With Surroundings" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/planck-results/" title="Reading the Cosmic Writing on the Wall"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color map showing the oldest light in our universe" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Planck/map800-600__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/planck-results/" title="Reading the Cosmic Writing on the Wall">Reading the Cosmic Writing on the Wall<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 21, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Thanks to a sensitive space telescope and some sophisticated supercomputing performed at NERSC, scientists from the international Planck collaboration have made the closest reading yet of the most ancient story in our universe: the cosmic microwave background (CMB). <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/planck-results/" title="Reading the Cosmic Writing on the Wall" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-global-filesystem-played-a-key-role-in-discovery-of-the-last-neutrino-mixing-angle/" title="NERSC Global Filesystem Played a Key Role in Discovery of the Last Neutrino Mixing Angle"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color photo of Daya Bay Neutrino Facility in China" src="/assets/NewsImages/2012/Daya-Bay/XBD201107-00790-183__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-global-filesystem-played-a-key-role-in-discovery-of-the-last-neutrino-mixing-angle/" title="NERSC Global Filesystem Played a Key Role in Discovery of the Last Neutrino Mixing Angle">NERSC Global Filesystem Played a Key Role in Discovery of the Last Neutrino Mixing Angle<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">February 7, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Discovery of the last neutrino mixing angle was announced in March 2012, just a few months after the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment’s first detectors went online in southeast China. But that result might not have been available so quickly without the NERSC Global Filesystem (NGF) infrastructure, which allowed staff at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) NERSC to rapidly scale up disk and node resources to accommodate the surprisingly large influx of data. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-global-filesystem-played-a-key-role-in-discovery-of-the-last-neutrino-mixing-angle/" title="NERSC Global Filesystem Played a Key Role in Discovery of the Last Neutrino Mixing Angle" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/a-massive-stellar-burst-before-the-supernova/" title="A Massive Stellar Burst Before the Supernova"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Last-Bump-iconv1.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Supernova--SN2010mc/Last-Bump-iconv1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/a-massive-stellar-burst-before-the-supernova/" title="A Massive Stellar Burst Before the Supernova">A Massive Stellar Burst Before the Supernova<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">February 6, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">An automated supernova hunt is shedding new light on the death sequence of massive stars—specifically, the kind that self-destruct in Type IIn supernova explosions. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/a-massive-stellar-burst-before-the-supernova/" title="A Massive Stellar Burst Before the Supernova" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-supercomputers-help-explain-the-last-big-freeze/" title="NERSC Supercomputers Help Explain the Last Big Freeze"><img width="100" height="100" alt="meltwaterroutes.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Artic-Meltwater---Condron/meltwaterroutes__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-supercomputers-help-explain-the-last-big-freeze/" title="NERSC Supercomputers Help Explain the Last Big Freeze">NERSC Supercomputers Help Explain the Last Big Freeze<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 31, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">About 13,000 years ago, a catastrophic injection of freshwater into the North Atlantic “conveyor” triggered a major cold spell. But, how did the freshwater get there? With help from NERSC, two researchers may have finally solved this mystery. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-supercomputers-help-explain-the-last-big-freeze/" title="NERSC Supercomputers Help Explain the Last Big Freeze" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item "> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-contributes-to-smithsonian-magazine-s-surprising-scientific-milestones-of-2012/" title="NERSC Contributes to Smithsonian Magazine's Surprising Scientific Milestones of 2012"><img width="100" height="100" alt="744889477276295a0862c.jpg" src="/assets/NewsImages/2012/Grossman/744889477276295a0862c__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-contributes-to-smithsonian-magazine-s-surprising-scientific-milestones-of-2012/" title="NERSC Contributes to Smithsonian Magazine's Surprising Scientific Milestones of 2012">NERSC Contributes to Smithsonian Magazine's Surprising Scientific Milestones of 2012<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 23, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using NERSC supercomputers, MIT researchers came up with a new approach for desalinating sea water using sheets of graphene, a one-atom-thick form of the element carbon. Smithsonian Magazine named this result the fifth "Surprising Scientific Milestone of 2012. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-contributes-to-smithsonian-magazine-s-surprising-scientific-milestones-of-2012/" title="NERSC Contributes to Smithsonian Magazine's Surprising Scientific Milestones of 2012" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item last"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-contributes-to-science-magazine-s-breakthroughs-of-the-year/" title="NERSC Contributes to Science Magazine's Breakthroughs of the Year"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color cover of Science Mag’s 2012 Breakthrough of the Year issue" src="/assets/NewsImages/2013/Science-Magazine/sciencebreakthrough__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-contributes-to-science-magazine-s-breakthroughs-of-the-year/" title="NERSC Contributes to Science Magazine's Breakthroughs of the Year">NERSC Contributes to Science Magazine's Breakthroughs of the Year<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 14, 2013</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Of the top 10 finalists for Science mag's 2012 "Breakthrough of the Year," NERSC provided critical computing and archival support to two accomplishments.<br /> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2013/nersc-contributes-to-science-magazine-s-breakthroughs-of-the-year/" title="NERSC Contributes to Science Magazine's Breakthroughs of the Year" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="combined-pagination">  <div class="year-pagination"> <span>Filter by Year</span> <ul> <li><a href="">All</a></li> <li><a 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