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That meant rethinking, reinventing and optimizing dozens of scientific applications and software tools to leverage exascale鈥檚 thousandfold…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Matt Lakin" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MattLakinmug-75x75.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/lakinmn/"><span class="meta-author-name">Matt Lakin</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">September 30, 2024</span><span class="meta-reading-time">4 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="49359536" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="Game-Changing Quantum Chemistry Calculations Push New Boundaries of Exascale Frontier" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2024/07/17/game-changing-quantum-chemistry-calculations-push-new-boundaries-of-exascale-frontier/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%202560%201440'%2F%3E" alt="Researcher Giuseppe Barca looks at a molecular dynamics simulation on a computer screen." height="1440" width="2560" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/GiuseppeBarca-5-900x604.jpg" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/GiuseppeBarca-5-900x604.jpg 900w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/GiuseppeBarca-5-600x403.jpg 600w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/GiuseppeBarca-5-400x269.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2024/07/17/game-changing-quantum-chemistry-calculations-push-new-boundaries-of-exascale-frontier/" aria-label="Game-Changing Quantum Chemistry Calculations Push New Boundaries of Exascale Frontier"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2024/07/17/game-changing-quantum-chemistry-calculations-push-new-boundaries-of-exascale-frontier/"><span>Game-Changing Quantum Chemistry Calculations Push New Boundaries of Exascale Frontier</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">The world鈥檚 most powerful supercomputer has raised the bar for calculating the number of atoms in a molecular dynamics simulation 1,000 times greater in size and speed than any previous simulation of its kind. The simulation was conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Melbourne, the Department…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Jeremy Rumsey" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024-P12354-scaled-e1726683782604-100x100.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/rumseyjpornl-gov/"><span class="meta-author-name">Jeremy Rumsey</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">July 17, 2024</span><span class="meta-reading-time">8 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="49359314" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="Quantum Chemistry and Simulation Help Characterize Coordination Complex of Elusive Element 61" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2024/06/07/quantum-chemistry-and-simulation-help-characterize-coordination-complex-of-elusive-element-61/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%203150%201200'%2F%3E" alt="promethium ORNL" height="1200" width="3150" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Betsy-Promethium-banner02-900x604.png" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Betsy-Promethium-banner02-900x604.png 900w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Betsy-Promethium-banner02-600x403.png 600w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Betsy-Promethium-banner02-400x269.png 400w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2024/06/07/quantum-chemistry-and-simulation-help-characterize-coordination-complex-of-elusive-element-61/" aria-label="Quantum Chemistry and Simulation Help Characterize Coordination Complex of Elusive Element 61"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2024/06/07/quantum-chemistry-and-simulation-help-characterize-coordination-complex-of-elusive-element-61/"><span>Quantum Chemistry and Simulation Help Characterize Coordination Complex of Elusive Element 61</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">When element 61, also known as promethium, was first isolated by scientists at the Department of Energy鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1945, it completed the series of chemical elements known as lanthanides. However, aspects of the element鈥檚 exact chemical nature have remained a mystery until last year, when a…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Betsy Sonewald" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/betsy_sonewald_profile_picture_273-75x75.jpeg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/sonewaldbv/"><span class="meta-author-name">Betsy Sonewald</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">June 7, 2024</span><span class="meta-reading-time">6 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="49346241" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="ORNL Scientists Generate Molecular Datasets at Extreme Scale" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2023/12/13/ornl-scientists-generate-molecular-datasets-at-extreme-scale/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%203150%201200'%2F%3E" alt="molecules" height="1200" width="3150" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coury-molecule-banner.png" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coury-molecule-banner.png 3150w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coury-molecule-banner-300x114.png 300w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coury-molecule-banner-1024x390.png 1024w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coury-molecule-banner-1536x585.png 1536w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coury-molecule-banner-2048x780.png 2048w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coury-molecule-banner-234x89.png 234w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coury-molecule-banner-788x300.png 788w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coury-molecule-banner-1500x571.png 1500w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coury-molecule-banner-740x282.png 740w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2023/12/13/ornl-scientists-generate-molecular-datasets-at-extreme-scale/" aria-label="ORNL Scientists Generate Molecular Datasets at Extreme Scale"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2023/12/13/ornl-scientists-generate-molecular-datasets-at-extreme-scale/"><span>ORNL Scientists Generate Molecular Datasets at Extreme Scale</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">A team of computational scientists at the Department of Energy鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory has generated and released datasets of unprecedented scale that provide the ultraviolet visible spectral properties of over 10 million organic molecules. Understanding how a molecule interacts with light is essential to uncovering its electronic and optical…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Coury Turczyn" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/coury_turczyn_profile_picture_194-75x75.jpeg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/turczyncz/"><span class="meta-author-name">Coury Turczyn</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">December 13, 2023</span><span class="meta-reading-time">6 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="49336786" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="ORNL Supercomputing Resources Support Simulation of Influenza Virus Showing Universal Vaccine Promise" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2023/02/22/ornl-supercomputing-resources-support-simulation-of-influenza-virus-showing-universal-vaccine-promise/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201200%20628'%2F%3E" alt="Researchers created high-resolution computer simulations that revealed incredibly dynamic movement of H1N1 glycoproteins. (credit: Lorenzo Casalino / Amaro Lab / UC San Diego)" height="628" width="1200" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/H1N1_hero-Amaro19.jpg" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/H1N1_hero-Amaro19.jpg 1200w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/H1N1_hero-Amaro19-300x157.jpg 300w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/H1N1_hero-Amaro19-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/H1N1_hero-Amaro19-234x122.jpg 234w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/H1N1_hero-Amaro19-573x300.jpg 573w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/H1N1_hero-Amaro19-740x387.jpg 740w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2023/02/22/ornl-supercomputing-resources-support-simulation-of-influenza-virus-showing-universal-vaccine-promise/" aria-label="ORNL Supercomputing Resources Support Simulation of Influenza Virus Showing Universal Vaccine Promise"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2023/02/22/ornl-supercomputing-resources-support-simulation-of-influenza-virus-showing-universal-vaccine-promise/"><span>ORNL Supercomputing Resources Support Simulation of Influenza Virus Showing Universal Vaccine Promise</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">According to the World Health Organization, each year influenza infects an estimated 1 billion people worldwide. Between 3 and 5 million of these cases are severe, and up to 650,000 cases result in influenza-related respiratory deaths. Seasonal flu vaccines are reformulated each year to match the dominant strains, and when…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Quinn Burkhart" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/quinn-burkhart-100x100.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/burkhartqe/"><span class="meta-author-name">Quinn Burkhart</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">February 22, 2023</span><span class="meta-reading-time">5 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="47719893" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="Oak Ridge National Laboratory Supercomputers Support Nobel Prize鈥揥inning Research" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2021/12/13/oak-ridge-national-laboratory-supercomputers-support-nobel-prize-winning-research/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%203150%201200'%2F%3E" alt="" height="1200" width="3150" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TS1_highlighted3-banner.png" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TS1_highlighted3-banner.png 3150w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TS1_highlighted3-banner-300x114.png 300w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TS1_highlighted3-banner-1024x390.png 1024w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TS1_highlighted3-banner-1536x585.png 1536w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TS1_highlighted3-banner-2048x780.png 2048w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TS1_highlighted3-banner-234x89.png 234w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TS1_highlighted3-banner-788x300.png 788w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TS1_highlighted3-banner-1500x571.png 1500w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TS1_highlighted3-banner-740x282.png 740w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2021/12/13/oak-ridge-national-laboratory-supercomputers-support-nobel-prize-winning-research/" aria-label="Oak Ridge National Laboratory Supercomputers Support Nobel Prize鈥揥inning Research"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2021/12/13/oak-ridge-national-laboratory-supercomputers-support-nobel-prize-winning-research/"><span>Oak Ridge National Laboratory Supercomputers Support Nobel Prize鈥揥inning Research</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">In October, a scientist whose research was supported by modeling and simulation efforts on supercomputers at the US Department of Energy鈥檚 (DOE鈥檚) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021. Dmytro Bykov, a computational scientist at ORNL used the Summit supercomputer to support research by a…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Rachel McDowell" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Rachel-McDowell-100x100.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/rharken/"><span class="meta-author-name">Rachel McDowell</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">December 13, 2021</span><span class="meta-reading-time">5 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="7264339" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="Titan Takes Fluoride from Taps and Toothpaste to Batteries" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2018/12/21/titan-takes-fluoride-from-taps-and-toothpaste-to-batteries/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201920%201920'%2F%3E" alt="" height="1920" width="1920" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Miller1.png" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Miller1.png 1920w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Miller1-150x150.png 150w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Miller1-300x300.png 300w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Miller1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Miller1-234x234.png 234w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Miller1-200x200.png 200w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Miller1-75x75.png 75w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Miller1-1500x1500.png 1500w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Miller1-740x740.png 740w" sizes="(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2018/12/21/titan-takes-fluoride-from-taps-and-toothpaste-to-batteries/" aria-label="Titan Takes Fluoride from Taps and Toothpaste to Batteries"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2018/12/21/titan-takes-fluoride-from-taps-and-toothpaste-to-batteries/"><span>Titan Takes Fluoride from Taps and Toothpaste to Batteries</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">In today鈥檚 technology landscape, companies are continually making improvements to electronic devices. Bigger screens, better cameras, and smarter systems are just some of the improvements these companies promise to consumers with each product upgrade. But one question remains: where are the long-lasting batteries? A collaboration of researchers recently made a…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Rachel McDowell" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Rachel-McDowell-100x100.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/rharken/"><span class="meta-author-name">Rachel McDowell</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">December 21, 2018</span><span class="meta-reading-time">8 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="5085831" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="Faces of Summit: Getting Acclimated" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2018/09/17/faces-of-summit-getting-acclimated/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201920%201280'%2F%3E" alt="" height="1280" width="1920" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ashleigh_MOF2.jpg" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ashleigh_MOF2.jpg 1920w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ashleigh_MOF2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ashleigh_MOF2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ashleigh_MOF2-234x156.jpg 234w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ashleigh_MOF2-450x300.jpg 450w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ashleigh_MOF2-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ashleigh_MOF2-740x493.jpg 740w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2018/09/17/faces-of-summit-getting-acclimated/" aria-label="Faces of Summit: Getting Acclimated"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2018/09/17/faces-of-summit-getting-acclimated/"><span>Faces of Summit: Getting Acclimated</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">Ashleigh Barnes simulates metal鈥搊rganic frameworks (MOFs) using the LSDalton chemistry code. Pictured left, a visualization of a magnesium-based MOF made up of magnesium ions (green) and organic linkers consisting of carbon (tan), oxygen (orange), and hydrogen (white) atoms. A carbon dioxide molecule (floating tan and orange molecule) has been adsorbed…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Rachel McDowell" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Rachel-McDowell-100x100.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/rharken/"><span class="meta-author-name">Rachel McDowell</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">September 17, 2018</span><span class="meta-reading-time">8 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="16882" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="Chemistry Applications Get in Top Shape for Summit" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2017/04/18/chemistry-applications-get-in-top-shape-for-summit/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%203000%202400'%2F%3E" alt="" height="2400" width="3000" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-P00470.jpg" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-P00470.jpg 3000w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-P00470-300x240.jpg 300w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-P00470-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-P00470-1500x1200.jpg 1500w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-P00470-740x592.jpg 740w" sizes="(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2017/04/18/chemistry-applications-get-in-top-shape-for-summit/" aria-label="Chemistry Applications Get in Top Shape for Summit"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2017/04/18/chemistry-applications-get-in-top-shape-for-summit/"><span>Chemistry Applications Get in Top Shape for Summit</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">OLCF computational scientist Dmitry Liakh, left, and performance analyst Frank Winkler display a visual analysis of the improved runtime performance of a numerical tensor algebra library that can be used by chemistry applications on Summit, the OLCF鈥檚 next leadership computing system. Preparing for a new supercomputer at the Oak Ridge…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Katie Elyce Jones" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/katie-jones-100x100.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/joneske1/"><span class="meta-author-name">Katie Elyce Jones</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">April 18, 2017</span><span class="meta-reading-time">4 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="16657" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="Straatsma Named AAAS Fellow in Chemistry" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2017/01/31/straatsma-named-aaas-fellow-in-chemistry/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%202400%203000'%2F%3E" alt="Tjerk Straatsma" height="3000" width="2400" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/straatsma.jpg" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/straatsma.jpg 2400w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/straatsma-240x300.jpg 240w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/straatsma-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/straatsma-127x159.jpg 127w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/straatsma-1500x1875.jpg 1500w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/straatsma-740x925.jpg 740w" sizes="(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2017/01/31/straatsma-named-aaas-fellow-in-chemistry/" aria-label="Straatsma Named AAAS Fellow in Chemistry"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2017/01/31/straatsma-named-aaas-fellow-in-chemistry/"><span>Straatsma Named AAAS Fellow in Chemistry</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">OLCF Scientific Computing Group leader Tjerk Straatsma was recently elected a AAAS fellow in chemistry. Straatsma will be inducted in February at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston. At its core, the aim of science is to explain and understand. Each year, the world鈥檚 largest multidisciplinary scientific society, the American…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Jonathan Hines" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Jonathan-Hines-100x100.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/hinesjd/"><span class="meta-author-name">Jonathan Hines</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">January 31, 2017</span><span class="meta-reading-time">3 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="16600" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="Researchers Flip Script for Li-Ion Electrolytes to Simulate Better Batteries" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2017/01/31/researchers-flip-script-for-li-ion-electrolytes-to-simulate-better-batteries/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201178%20539'%2F%3E" alt="" height="539" width="1178" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pr_image.png" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pr_image.png 1178w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pr_image-300x137.png 300w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pr_image-1024x469.png 1024w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pr_image-740x339.png 740w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2017/01/31/researchers-flip-script-for-li-ion-electrolytes-to-simulate-better-batteries/" aria-label="Researchers Flip Script for Li-Ion Electrolytes to Simulate Better Batteries"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2017/01/31/researchers-flip-script-for-li-ion-electrolytes-to-simulate-better-batteries/"><span>Researchers Flip Script for Li-Ion Electrolytes to Simulate Better Batteries</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">Ever since Italian physicist Alessandro Volta invented the first battery out of a stack of copper and zinc disks separated by moistened cardboard, scientists have been searching for better battery materials. Lithium-ion batteries, which are lighter, longer-lasting, and functional under a wider range of temperatures than standard batteries, power everything…</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Rachel McDowell" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Rachel-McDowell-100x100.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/rharken/"><span class="meta-author-name">Rachel McDowell</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">January 31, 2017</span><span class="meta-reading-time">9 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="nectar-post-grid-item" style="background-color: #efefef;" data-post-id="13454" data-has-img="true"> <div class="inner"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap"><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg-wrap-inner"><a class="bg-wrap-link" aria-label="Chemistry Consortium Uses Titan to Understand Actinides" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2016/04/19/chemistry-consortium-uses-titan-to-understand-actinides/"></a><div class="nectar-post-grid-item-bg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="nectar-lazy skip-lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%20498%20177'%2F%3E" alt="" height="177" width="498" data-nectar-img-src="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dixon_image.jpg" data-nectar-img-srcset="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dixon_image.jpg 498w, https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dixon_image-300x107.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px" /></div></div></div><div class="content"><a class="nectar-post-grid-link" href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2016/04/19/chemistry-consortium-uses-titan-to-understand-actinides/" aria-label="Chemistry Consortium Uses Titan to Understand Actinides"></a><div class="item-main"><h3 class="post-heading"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2016/04/19/chemistry-consortium-uses-titan-to-understand-actinides/"><span>Chemistry Consortium Uses Titan to Understand Actinides</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">A multi-institution team led by the University of Alabama鈥檚 David Dixon is using Titan to understand actinide chemistry at the molecular level in hopes of designing methods to clean up contamination and safely store spent nuclear fuel.</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Eric Gedenk" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Eric-Gedenk-100x100.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/edgedenk/"><span class="meta-author-name">Eric Gedenk</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">April 19, 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Straatsma Educates Graduate Students in Summer School Program</span></a></h3><div class="nectar-post-grid-item__excerpt-wrap item-meta-extra"><span class="meta-excerpt">OLCF scientific computing group leader Tjerk Straatsma traveled to the Netherlands in September to serve as an instructor for the European Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling program, which offers an international intensive summer school for students.</span></div><span class="nectar-post-grid-item__meta-wrap"><span class="meta-author"><img data-del="avatar" alt="Eric Gedenk" src='https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/wp-content/uploads/Eric-Gedenk-100x100.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-40 photo ' height='40' width='40'/><span class="meta-author-inner"><a href="https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/author/edgedenk/"><span class="meta-author-name">Eric Gedenk</span></a></span></span><span class="meta-date">November 10, 2015</span><span class="meta-reading-time">4 min</span></span></div></div></div></div><div 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