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After a successful first year punctuated with strong scientific results, the partnership has been extended. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/collaboration-exploring-neutral-atom-technology-extended-for-second-year/" title="Collaboration Exploring Neutral Atom Technology Expanded for Second Year" 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/2024/science-highlight-tropical-cyclones-intensifying-due-to-warming-atmosphere/" title="Tropical Cyclones Intensifying Due to Warming Atmosphere"><img width="100" height="100" alt="tropicalcyclonephoto" src="/assets/Uploads/tropicalcyclonephoto__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/science-highlight-tropical-cyclones-intensifying-due-to-warming-atmosphere/" title="Tropical Cyclones Intensifying Due to Warming Atmosphere">Tropical Cyclones Intensifying Due to Warming Atmosphere<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 23, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using computational resources at NERSC, researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Berkeley Lab, and partnering institutions have gained a better understanding of how tropical cyclones near coastal regions have intensified over time, the likely causes of the change, and what the future might hold according to climate models. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/science-highlight-tropical-cyclones-intensifying-due-to-warming-atmosphere/" title="Tropical Cyclones Intensifying Due to Warming Atmosphere" 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/2024/gravitational-form-factors-illuminate-substructure-of-the-proton/" title="Gravitational Form Factors Illuminate Substructure of the Proton"><img width="100" height="100" alt="gluons and quarks" src="/assets/Uploads/gluons-and-quarks__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/gravitational-form-factors-illuminate-substructure-of-the-proton/" title="Gravitational Form Factors Illuminate Substructure of the Proton">Gravitational Form Factors Illuminate Substructure of the Proton<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 15, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using simulations performed on NERSC’s Perlmutter system, a team of researchers used lattice quantum chromodynamics (lattice QCD) to understand for the first time certain aspects of how quarks and gluons form the structure of the proton. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/gravitational-form-factors-illuminate-substructure-of-the-proton/" title="Gravitational Form Factors Illuminate Substructure of the Proton" 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/2024/qisperlmutter-fuels/" title="QIS@Perlmutter Fuels Discoveries and Collaborations in Quantum Computing"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Perlmutter Mural Phase II lighted" src="/assets/Uploads/Perlmutter-System/Perlmutter-Mural-Phase-II-lighted__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/qisperlmutter-fuels/" title="QIS@Perlmutter Fuels Discoveries and Collaborations in Quantum Computing">QIS@Perlmutter Fuels Discoveries and Collaborations in Quantum Computing<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 1, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Since its launch in 2022, NERSC's QIS@Perlmutter program supporting novel quantum information science (QIS) projects has exceeded expectations, generating strong engagement among researchers and fueling numerous discoveries in quantum computing. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/qisperlmutter-fuels/" title="QIS@Perlmutter Fuels Discoveries and Collaborations in Quantum Computing" 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/2024/new-alloy-wont-crack-at-extreme-temperatures/" title="New Alloy Won't Crack at Extreme Temperatures"><img width="100" height="100" alt="NTTH Fig 3B" src="/assets/Uploads/NTTH_Fig_3B__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/new-alloy-wont-crack-at-extreme-temperatures/" title="New Alloy Won't Crack at Extreme Temperatures">New Alloy Won't Crack at Extreme Temperatures<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 6, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">With the help of NERSC systems, researchers have uncovered a metal alloy that won’t crack at extreme temperatures. The discovery could open the door to next-generation engines that can operate at higher efficiencies. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/new-alloy-wont-crack-at-extreme-temperatures/" title="New Alloy Won't Crack at Extreme Temperatures" 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/2024/diii-d-national-fusion-facility-nersc-and-esnet-collaboration-speeds-nuclear-fusion-research/" title="DIII-D National Fusion Facility, NERSC, AMCR, and ESnet Collaboration Speeds Nuclear Fusion Research"><img width="100" height="100" alt="DIII D NERSC map CROP v2" src="/assets/Uploads/DIII-D-NERSC-map-_CROP-v2__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/diii-d-national-fusion-facility-nersc-and-esnet-collaboration-speeds-nuclear-fusion-research/" title="DIII-D National Fusion Facility, NERSC, AMCR, and ESnet Collaboration Speeds Nuclear Fusion Research">DIII-D National Fusion Facility, NERSC, AMCR, and ESnet Collaboration Speeds Nuclear Fusion Research<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 29, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">High performance computing at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)'s high-speed data network, and DIII-D's rich diagnostic suite combine to enable near-real-time analysis of massive quantities of data during experiments, allowing tailoring of the experimental process — and accelerating the pace of experimental science. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/diii-d-national-fusion-facility-nersc-and-esnet-collaboration-speeds-nuclear-fusion-research/" title="DIII-D National Fusion Facility, NERSC, AMCR, and ESnet Collaboration Speeds Nuclear Fusion Research" 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/2024/nersc-aids-hunt-for-cracks-in-the-standard-model/" title="Hunting for 'Cracks' in the Standard Model"><img width="100" height="100" alt="SURF Majorana" src="/assets/Uploads/SURF_Majorana__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/nersc-aids-hunt-for-cracks-in-the-standard-model/" title="Hunting for 'Cracks' in the Standard Model">Hunting for 'Cracks' in the Standard Model<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 2, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">With the help of computing power from NERSC, researchers from the Majorana Collaboration – which includes more than 50 researchers from more than 20 institutions in four countries – used detectors at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota, to search for violations of quantum mechanics. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/nersc-aids-hunt-for-cracks-in-the-standard-model/" title="Hunting for 'Cracks' in the Standard Model" 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/2024/science-highlight-perlmutter-assists-in-move-toward-co2-fixation-for-carbon-negative-building-materials/" title="Perlmutter Supports CO2 Fixation for Carbon-Negative Building Materials"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Building materials" src="/assets/Uploads/Building-materials__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/science-highlight-perlmutter-assists-in-move-toward-co2-fixation-for-carbon-negative-building-materials/" title="Perlmutter Supports CO2 Fixation for Carbon-Negative Building Materials">Perlmutter Supports CO2 Fixation for Carbon-Negative Building Materials<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 11, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Locking greenhouse gases into building materials could store them safely for many years. Researchers using NERSC resources are advancing the science behind this idea. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/science-highlight-perlmutter-assists-in-move-toward-co2-fixation-for-carbon-negative-building-materials/" title="Perlmutter Supports CO2 Fixation for Carbon-Negative Building Materials" 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/2024/collaboration-fuels/" title="Collaboration Fuels High-Speed, Data-Intensive Research to Understand How Nuclei Decay"><img width="100" height="100" alt="ARIN fibers v2 1200px" src="/assets/Uploads/ARIN-fibers-v2_1200px__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/collaboration-fuels/" title="Collaboration Fuels High-Speed, Data-Intensive Research to Understand How Nuclei Decay">Collaboration Fuels High-Speed, Data-Intensive Research to Understand How Nuclei Decay<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 19, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A technical evaluation using data from a recent scientific-user experiment has demonstrated how ESnet enables FRIB scientists to send large amounts of data across the country, use NERSC's Perlmutter supercomputer to analyze it in near-real time, and return results, enabling quicker data-informed experimental choices. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/collaboration-fuels/" title="Collaboration Fuels High-Speed, Data-Intensive Research to Understand How Nuclei Decay" 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/2024/ai-based-approach-speeds-diagnosis-of-io-performance-bottlenecks-in-hpc/" title="AI-based Approach Speeds Diagnosis of I/O Performance Bottlenecks in HPC"><img width="100" height="100" alt="aiio plot color" src="/assets/Uploads/aiio-plot-color__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/ai-based-approach-speeds-diagnosis-of-io-performance-bottlenecks-in-hpc/" title="AI-based Approach Speeds Diagnosis of I/O Performance Bottlenecks in HPC">AI-based Approach Speeds Diagnosis of I/O Performance Bottlenecks in HPC<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 18, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using NERSC systems, researchers from Berkeley Lab have developed a novel AI-based method for diagnosing input/output (I/O) performance bottlenecks in high performance computing (HPC) that automatically identifies these bottlenecks at the job level and offers potential solutions. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/ai-based-approach-speeds-diagnosis-of-io-performance-bottlenecks-in-hpc/" title="AI-based Approach Speeds Diagnosis of I/O Performance Bottlenecks in HPC" 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/2024/simulating-plasma-nersc-systems-enable-efficient-microchip-production/" title="Simulating Plasma, NERSC Systems Enable Efficient Microchip Production"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Microchip image" src="/assets/Uploads/Microchip-image__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/simulating-plasma-nersc-systems-enable-efficient-microchip-production/" title="Simulating Plasma, NERSC Systems Enable Efficient Microchip Production">Simulating Plasma, NERSC Systems Enable Efficient Microchip Production<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 4, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory used supercomputers at NERSC to develop new simulation codes that improve current methods of producing microchips using plasma. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/simulating-plasma-nersc-systems-enable-efficient-microchip-production/" title="Simulating Plasma, NERSC Systems Enable Efficient Microchip Production" 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/2024/perlmutter-provides-peek-into-interior-of-ice-giant-planets/" title="Perlmutter Provides Peek into Interior of Ice Giant Planets"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Neptune 2" src="/assets/Uploads/Neptune-2__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/perlmutter-provides-peek-into-interior-of-ice-giant-planets/" title="Perlmutter Provides Peek into Interior of Ice Giant Planets">Perlmutter Provides Peek into Interior of Ice Giant Planets<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 22, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers at UC Berkeley used the Perlmutter supercomputer at NERSC to make progress toward a better understanding of chemistry inside ice giant planets, a step forward for planetary science that may also have applications on Earth. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/perlmutter-provides-peek-into-interior-of-ice-giant-planets/" title="Perlmutter Provides Peek into Interior of Ice Giant Planets" 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/2024/nersc-helps-uncover-the-mechanism-behind-the-dolomite-problem/" title="NERSC Helps Uncover the Mechanism Behind the ‘Dolomite Problem’"><img width="100" height="100" alt="1093px Dolomite Luzenac" src="/assets/Uploads/1093px-Dolomite_Luzenac__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/nersc-helps-uncover-the-mechanism-behind-the-dolomite-problem/" title="NERSC Helps Uncover the Mechanism Behind the ‘Dolomite Problem’">NERSC Helps Uncover the Mechanism Behind the ‘Dolomite Problem’<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 9, 2024</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using supercomputers at NERSC, researchers have revealed the key mechanism that inhibits dolomite growth and explained how the mineral forms in nature. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2024/nersc-helps-uncover-the-mechanism-behind-the-dolomite-problem/" title="NERSC Helps Uncover the Mechanism Behind the ‘Dolomite Problem’" 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/2023/cori-and-perlmutter-support-new-understanding-of-reaction-behind-salt-based-nuclear-reactors/" title="Cori and Perlmutter Support New Understanding of Reaction Behind Salt-Based Nuclear Reactors"><img width="100" height="100" alt="MSR image" src="/assets/Uploads/MSR-image__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/cori-and-perlmutter-support-new-understanding-of-reaction-behind-salt-based-nuclear-reactors/" title="Cori and Perlmutter Support New Understanding of Reaction Behind Salt-Based Nuclear Reactors">Cori and Perlmutter Support New Understanding of Reaction Behind Salt-Based Nuclear Reactors<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">November 27, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using computing resources at NERSC, researchers have shown how electrons interact with ions of molten salts, providing insights into the processes that could occur inside next-generation salt-based nuclear reactors known as molten-salt reactors (MSRs). <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/cori-and-perlmutter-support-new-understanding-of-reaction-behind-salt-based-nuclear-reactors/" title="Cori and Perlmutter Support New Understanding of Reaction Behind Salt-Based Nuclear Reactors" 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/2023/nersc-collaborations-help-illuminate-earths-biodiversity/" title="NERSC Collaborations Help Illuminate Earth's Biodiversity"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Illustration of a microscope shining a beam of light on a protein, surrounded by darkness filled with proteins" src="/assets/Uploads/Iceberg_1-12x__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/nersc-collaborations-help-illuminate-earths-biodiversity/" title="NERSC Collaborations Help Illuminate Earth's Biodiversity">NERSC Collaborations Help Illuminate Earth's Biodiversity<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">October 25, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">With the help of supercomputers at NERSC and support from the DOE's Exascale Computing Project, researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division and at the Joint Genome Institute have developed new tools to advance the field of metagenomics and expand scientists’ understanding of our world’s biodiversity. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/nersc-collaborations-help-illuminate-earths-biodiversity/" title="NERSC Collaborations Help Illuminate Earth's Biodiversity" 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/2023/gravitational-lensing-system-on-gpus/" title="Perlmutter Supports First Gravitational Lensing System Modeled on GPUs"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Einstein Cross thumb" src="/assets/Uploads/Einstein_Cross-thumb__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/gravitational-lensing-system-on-gpus/" title="Perlmutter Supports First Gravitational Lensing System Modeled on GPUs">Perlmutter Supports First Gravitational Lensing System Modeled on GPUs<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">September 20, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using the GIGA-Lens modeling code on the Perlmutter supercomputer at NERSC, a team of researchers has modeled a rare instance of strong gravitational lensing known as an Einstein Cross—likely the first such system to be modeled on GPUs and a demonstration of the promise of GPU-accelerated modeling. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/gravitational-lensing-system-on-gpus/" title="Perlmutter Supports First Gravitational Lensing System Modeled on GPUs" 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/2023/more-sustainable-ev-batteries/" title="NERSC Assists in Search for More Sustainable EV Batteries"><img width="100" height="100" alt="battery manufacturing shutterstock 2179625313 1200px 1440x900" src="/assets/Uploads/battery-manufacturing-shutterstock_2179625313-1200px-1440x900__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/more-sustainable-ev-batteries/" title="NERSC Assists in Search for More Sustainable EV Batteries">NERSC Assists in Search for More Sustainable EV Batteries<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">September 11, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">NERSC is helping a Berkeley Lab-led consortium of researchers speed the commercialization of a new family of batteries with more energy-dense cathodes that don’t require metals in short supply. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/more-sustainable-ev-batteries/" title="NERSC Assists in Search for More Sustainable EV Batteries" 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/2023/nersc-helps-scientists-build-public-health-datasets-from-location-services/" title="NERSC Helps Scientists Build Public Health Datasets from Location Services"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Crowdclusterdata" src="/assets/Images/Crowdclusterdata__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/nersc-helps-scientists-build-public-health-datasets-from-location-services/" title="NERSC Helps Scientists Build Public Health Datasets from Location Services">NERSC Helps Scientists Build Public Health Datasets from Location Services<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">September 7, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Prompted by the COVID pandemic, scientists used NERSC resources to process location-based cell phone data and produce more detailed datasets that help them better estimate social contacts within public spaces. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/nersc-helps-scientists-build-public-health-datasets-from-location-services/" title="NERSC Helps Scientists Build Public Health Datasets from Location Services" 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/2023/how-scientists-are-accelerating-next-gen-microelectronics/" title="How Scientists Are Accelerating Next-Gen Microelectronics"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Newscenter 1025x685px XBD 202305 089 001" src="/assets/Uploads/Newscenter_1025x685px_XBD-202305-089-001__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/how-scientists-are-accelerating-next-gen-microelectronics/" title="How Scientists Are Accelerating Next-Gen Microelectronics">How Scientists Are Accelerating Next-Gen Microelectronics<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 21, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">With the help of NERSC supercomputing resources and expertise, the newly launched Center for High Precision Patterning Science is developing a technique to pack over 100 billion transistors into a microchip the size of a fingernail. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/how-scientists-are-accelerating-next-gen-microelectronics/" title="How Scientists Are Accelerating Next-Gen Microelectronics" 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/2023/nersc-powers-insight-into-chemical-actuation-of-self-folding-origami-machines/" title="NERSC Powers Insight Into Chemical Actuation of Self-Folding Origami Machines"><img width="100" height="100" alt="self folding origami" src="/assets/Images/self-folding_origami__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/nersc-powers-insight-into-chemical-actuation-of-self-folding-origami-machines/" title="NERSC Powers Insight Into Chemical Actuation of Self-Folding Origami Machines">NERSC Powers Insight Into Chemical Actuation of Self-Folding Origami Machines<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 31, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">3D microfabrication based on origami-inspired materials is a promising technique for building materials, structures, devices, and systems with unconventional electronic, mechanical, and optical properties. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/nersc-powers-insight-into-chemical-actuation-of-self-folding-origami-machines/" title="NERSC Powers Insight Into Chemical Actuation of Self-Folding Origami Machines" 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/2023/new-algorithm-uses-deep-learning-to-assess-lithium-metal-battery-performance/" title="Using Deep Learning to Assess Lithium Metal Battery Performance"><img width="100" height="100" alt="BatteryNETFig1" src="/assets/NewsImages/BatteryNETFig1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/new-algorithm-uses-deep-learning-to-assess-lithium-metal-battery-performance/" title="Using Deep Learning to Assess Lithium Metal Battery Performance">Using Deep Learning to Assess Lithium Metal Battery Performance<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 14, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A team of researchers from Berkeley Lab’s Center for Advanced Mathematics for Energy Research Applications and colleagues have developed batteryNET, a deep learning algorithm that enhances the assessment of lithium agglomeration in solid-state lithium metal batteries. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/new-algorithm-uses-deep-learning-to-assess-lithium-metal-battery-performance/" title="Using Deep Learning to Assess Lithium Metal Battery Performance" 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/2023/three-new-studies-emerge-from-nersc-research-on-climate-change-extreme-weather/" title="Three New Studies Emerge from NERSC Research on Climate Change, Extreme Weather"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Keri climate fig 1" src="/assets/Images/Keri-climate-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/2023/three-new-studies-emerge-from-nersc-research-on-climate-change-extreme-weather/" title="Three New Studies Emerge from NERSC Research on Climate Change, Extreme Weather">Three New Studies Emerge from NERSC Research on Climate Change, Extreme Weather<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 21, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">NERSC is a hub for climate and weather research, and three recent scientific journal articles all published within one month highlight the center’s continuing role in supporting this work. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/three-new-studies-emerge-from-nersc-research-on-climate-change-extreme-weather/" title="Three New Studies Emerge from NERSC Research on Climate Change, Extreme Weather" 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/2023/desi-early-data-release-holds-nearly-two-million-objects/" title="DESI Early Data Release Holds Nearly Two Million Objects"><img width="100" height="100" alt="DESI Data Visualization v2" src="/assets/Uploads/DESI-Data-Visualization-v2__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/desi-early-data-release-holds-nearly-two-million-objects/" title="DESI Early Data Release Holds Nearly Two Million Objects">DESI Early Data Release Holds Nearly Two Million Objects<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 13, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">NERSC makes the first batch of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument available for researchers to mine. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/desi-early-data-release-holds-nearly-two-million-objects/" title="DESI Early Data Release Holds Nearly Two Million Objects" 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/2023/nersc-supports-first-all-gpu-full-scale-physics-simulation/" title="NERSC Supports First All-GPU Full-Scale Physics Simulation"><img width="100" height="100" alt="larpix" src="/assets/Uploads/larpix__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/nersc-supports-first-all-gpu-full-scale-physics-simulation/" title="NERSC Supports First All-GPU Full-Scale Physics Simulation">NERSC Supports First All-GPU Full-Scale Physics Simulation<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 6, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using supercomputers at NERSC, researchers have completed a simulation of a detector of neutrino interactions that’s designed to run exclusively on graphics processing units (GPUs)—the first simulation of its kind and an example of using GPUs’ highly parallel structure to process large amounts of physical data. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/nersc-supports-first-all-gpu-full-scale-physics-simulation/" title="NERSC Supports First All-GPU Full-Scale Physics Simulation" 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/2023/qis-project-shows-novel-method-for-privacy-preserving-quantum-machine-learning/" title=" QIS Project Shows Novel Method for Privacy-Preserving Quantum ML"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Perlmutter Final " src="/assets/Images/Perlmutter-Final-__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/qis-project-shows-novel-method-for-privacy-preserving-quantum-machine-learning/" title=" QIS Project Shows Novel Method for Privacy-Preserving Quantum ML"> QIS Project Shows Novel Method for Privacy-Preserving Quantum ML<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 20, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Scientific results from the initial QIS@Perlmutter projects are starting to emerge; in one recently published paper, a research group shared results of a quantum machine learning project that explores novel methods for preserving privacy within advanced quantum computing functions.<br /> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/qis-project-shows-novel-method-for-privacy-preserving-quantum-machine-learning/" title=" QIS Project Shows Novel Method for Privacy-Preserving Quantum ML" 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/2023/computational-modeling-streamlines-hunt-for/" title="Computational Modeling Streamlines Hunt for Battery Electrolytes"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Car2Go Charging Station Stuttgart 2013 01" src="/assets/Uploads/Car2Go_Charging_Station_Stuttgart_2013_01__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/computational-modeling-streamlines-hunt-for/" title="Computational Modeling Streamlines Hunt for Battery Electrolytes">Computational Modeling Streamlines Hunt for Battery Electrolytes<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 11, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using computing resources at NERSC at Berkeley Lab, researchers from the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research have identified new, more efficient ways to find improved electrolytes for batteries. By computationally modeling molecules and virtually observing their properties, researchers can identify the most promising ones and save experimental scientists from spending time and resources on those that won’t work. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/computational-modeling-streamlines-hunt-for/" title="Computational Modeling Streamlines Hunt for Battery Electrolytes" 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/2023/new-math-methods-and-perlmutter-hpc-combine-to-deliver-record-breaking-ml-algorithm/" title="New Math Methods and Perlmutter HPC Combine to Deliver Record-Breaking ML Algorithm"><img width="100" height="100" alt="premise sparse cropped" src="/assets/Uploads/premise-sparse-cropped__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/new-math-methods-and-perlmutter-hpc-combine-to-deliver-record-breaking-ml-algorithm/" title="New Math Methods and Perlmutter HPC Combine to Deliver Record-Breaking ML Algorithm">New Math Methods and Perlmutter HPC Combine to Deliver Record-Breaking ML Algorithm<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 13, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using the Perlmutter supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have devised a new mathematical method for analyzing extremely large datasets – and, in the process, demonstrated proof of principle on a record-breaking dataset of more than five million points. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/new-math-methods-and-perlmutter-hpc-combine-to-deliver-record-breaking-ml-algorithm/" title="New Math Methods and Perlmutter HPC Combine to Deliver Record-Breaking ML Algorithm" 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/2023/shining-a-light-on-electrons-role-in-energy-transfer-among-2d-materials/" title="Shining a light on electrons’ role in energy transfer among 2D materials"><img width="100" height="100" alt="electron transfer" src="/assets/Uploads/electron-transfer__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/shining-a-light-on-electrons-role-in-energy-transfer-among-2d-materials/" title="Shining a light on electrons’ role in energy transfer among 2D materials">Shining a light on electrons’ role in energy transfer among 2D materials<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 6, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using the Cori supercomputer, a group of scientists examined heat and energy movements between certain 2D materials, spurring discoveries that could pave the way for a new generation of transistors <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/shining-a-light-on-electrons-role-in-energy-transfer-among-2d-materials/" title="Shining a light on electrons’ role in energy transfer among 2D materials" 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/2023/berkeley-lab/" title="Berkeley Lab Works Toward a Connected Future for Science"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Superfacility image 1 1b" src="/assets/Uploads/Superfacility-image-1-1b__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/berkeley-lab/" title="Berkeley Lab Works Toward a Connected Future for Science">Berkeley Lab Works Toward a Connected Future for Science<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">February 27, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Superfacility is a conceptual model of seamless connection between experimental facilities and high performance computing resources – an integrated and automated system for gathering, transporting, and analyzing scientific data in real time. Berkeley Lab is working to standardize, automate, and scale up the processes needed for superfacility onsite across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and beyond. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/berkeley-lab/" title="Berkeley Lab Works Toward a Connected Future for Science" 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/2023/the-most-advanced-bay-area-earthquake-simulations-will-be-publicly-available/" title="The Most Advanced Bay Area Earthquake Simulations Will be Publicly Available"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Earthquake artistic graphic" src="/assets/Uploads/Earthquake-artistic-graphic__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/the-most-advanced-bay-area-earthquake-simulations-will-be-publicly-available/" title="The Most Advanced Bay Area Earthquake Simulations Will be Publicly Available">The Most Advanced Bay Area Earthquake Simulations Will be Publicly Available<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">February 10, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A collaboration involving scientists and computing resources from Berkeley Lab and the simulation software EQSIM is releasing the most accurate and detailed earthquake simulations to date, which will initially capture earthquake motions across the San Francisco Bay Area and later expand to other regions. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/the-most-advanced-bay-area-earthquake-simulations-will-be-publicly-available/" title="The Most Advanced Bay Area Earthquake Simulations Will be Publicly Available" 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/2023/warpx-code-shines-at-the-exascale-level/" title="WarpX Code Shines at the Exascale Level"><img width="100" height="100" alt="WarpX longitudinal electric field" src="/assets/Uploads/WarpX-longitudinal-electric-field-768x287__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/warpx-code-shines-at-the-exascale-level/" title="WarpX Code Shines at the Exascale Level">WarpX Code Shines at the Exascale Level<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">February 2, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">The WarpX project has spent the last six years creating a novel, highly parallel, and highly optimized single-source simulation code for modeling plasma-based particle colliders on cutting-edge exascale supercomputers, with broad importance for other accelerators and related problems. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/warpx-code-shines-at-the-exascale-level/" title="WarpX Code Shines at the Exascale Level" 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/2023/berkeley-lab-scientists-create-machine-learning-pipeline-for-interpreting-large-tomography-datasets/" title="Berkeley Lab Scientists Create Machine Learning Pipeline for Interpreting Large Tomography Datasets"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Machinelearning CryoET Figure Reduced Size" src="/assets/Uploads/Machinelearning-CryoET-Figure-Reduced-Size__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/berkeley-lab-scientists-create-machine-learning-pipeline-for-interpreting-large-tomography-datasets/" title="Berkeley Lab Scientists Create Machine Learning Pipeline for Interpreting Large Tomography Datasets">Berkeley Lab Scientists Create Machine Learning Pipeline for Interpreting Large Tomography Datasets<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 25, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A group of Berkeley Lab scientists has developed and tested several machine learning techniques organized in a learning pipeline to improve the interpretation of increasingly large cryo-ET datasets. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/berkeley-lab-scientists-create-machine-learning-pipeline-for-interpreting-large-tomography-datasets/" title="Berkeley Lab Scientists Create Machine Learning Pipeline for Interpreting Large Tomography 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/2023/perlmutter-results-show-progress-in-quantum-information-science/" title="Perlmutter Results Show Progress in Quantum Information Science"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Perlmutter 2022" src="/assets/Uploads/Perlmutter-2022__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/perlmutter-results-show-progress-in-quantum-information-science/" title="Perlmutter Results Show Progress in Quantum Information Science">Perlmutter Results Show Progress in Quantum Information Science<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 23, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">The QIS@Perlmutter initiative at NERSC aims to support research in the space of quantum information science (QIS) conducted on the Perlmutter supercomputer, including quantum simulation of materials and chemical systems, algorithms for compilation of quantum circuits, error mitigation for quantum computing, and development of hybrid quantum/classical algorithms. The first phase of the project will come to an end this month, but has begun to bear fruit in the form of early science results and collaborations across the field. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/perlmutter-results-show-progress-in-quantum-information-science/" title="Perlmutter Results Show Progress in Quantum Information Science" 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/2023/new-article-pagenew-search-method-expands-horizon-in-hunt-for-new-polymer-electrolytes/" title="New Search Method Expands Horizon in Hunt for New Polymer Electrolytes"><img width="100" height="100" alt="XBD 202206 058 032" src="/assets/Uploads/XBD-202206-058-032__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/new-article-pagenew-search-method-expands-horizon-in-hunt-for-new-polymer-electrolytes/" title="New Search Method Expands Horizon in Hunt for New Polymer Electrolytes">New Search Method Expands Horizon in Hunt for New Polymer Electrolytes<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 17, 2023</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using computing resources at NERSC, researchers at MIT, in partnership with the Toyota Research Institute, have pioneered a new method for using machine learning to screen for new materials, yielding the largest dataset of polymer electrolytes ever seen in the field and signaling progress for the search for new materials generally. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2023/new-article-pagenew-search-method-expands-horizon-in-hunt-for-new-polymer-electrolytes/" title="New Search Method Expands Horizon in Hunt for New Polymer Electrolytes" 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/2022/new-climate-models-reveal-geographical-relationships-between-wildfires-and-extreme-weather/" title="New Climate Models Reveal Geographical Link Between Wildfires and Extreme Weather"><img width="100" height="100" alt="wildfirehailfigure1" src="/assets/Uploads/wildfirehailfigure1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/new-climate-models-reveal-geographical-relationships-between-wildfires-and-extreme-weather/" title="New Climate Models Reveal Geographical Link Between Wildfires and Extreme Weather">New Climate Models Reveal Geographical Link Between Wildfires and Extreme Weather<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">December 13, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary"> A climate study led by PNNL researchers used NERSC resources to investigate a growing connection between wildfires in the Western U.S. and extreme weather in the Central U.S. The team ran a series of models on Cori and detected an evolving relationship between wildfires in one region and frequencies of heavy rainfall and large hail in the other. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/new-climate-models-reveal-geographical-relationships-between-wildfires-and-extreme-weather/" title="New Climate Models Reveal Geographical Link Between Wildfires and Extreme Weather" 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/2022/nerscs-cori-system-helps-shed-new-light-on-plasma-turbulence/" title="NERSC’s Cori System Helps Shed New Light on Plasma Turbulence"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Screen Shot 2022 10 17 at 5.44.34 PM" src="/assets/Uploads/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-5__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.44.34-PM.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/nerscs-cori-system-helps-shed-new-light-on-plasma-turbulence/" title="NERSC’s Cori System Helps Shed New Light on Plasma Turbulence">NERSC’s Cori System Helps Shed New Light on Plasma Turbulence<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">November 10, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">With the help of supercomputers at NERSC, Columbia University, and NASA, astrophysicists ran large-scale simulations that show the precise movements of electrons and ions in the sun’s plasma. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/nerscs-cori-system-helps-shed-new-light-on-plasma-turbulence/" title="NERSC’s Cori System Helps Shed New Light on Plasma Turbulence" 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/2022/nersc-summer-student-puts-mpi-under-the-microscope/" title="NERSC Summer Student Puts MPI Under the Microscope"><img width="100" height="100" alt="2022 CS SUMMER STUDENT POSTER SESSION 58 ResizedImageWzYwMCw0MDBd" src="/assets/Uploads/2022-CS-SUMMER-STUDENT-POSTER-SESSION-58-ResizedImageWzYwMCw0MDBd__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/nersc-summer-student-puts-mpi-under-the-microscope/" title="NERSC Summer Student Puts MPI Under the Microscope">NERSC Summer Student Puts MPI Under the Microscope<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">October 25, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">This summer, as part of the Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences Summer Program, Muna Tageldin developed a microbenchmark to analyze variances in message-passing interface (MPI) performance on NERSC systems and look for the best statistical methods to characterize the results. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/nersc-summer-student-puts-mpi-under-the-microscope/" title="NERSC Summer Student Puts MPI Under the Microscope" 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/2022/hpss-30-years-of-long-term-storage-for-scientific-research/" title="HPSS: Celebrating 30 Years of Long-term Storage for Scientific Research"><img width="100" height="100" alt="HPSS 30th logo" src="/assets/Uploads/HPSS-30th-logo__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/hpss-30-years-of-long-term-storage-for-scientific-research/" title="HPSS: Celebrating 30 Years of Long-term Storage for Scientific Research">HPSS: Celebrating 30 Years of Long-term Storage for Scientific Research<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">October 20, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">This year marks the 30th anniversary of the HPSS Collaboration, a partnership between five DOE national laboratories and IBM. Today the High Performance Storage System is still going strong, serving some 40 sites around the world and more than 4 exabytes of production archival storage data. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/hpss-30-years-of-long-term-storage-for-scientific-research/" title="HPSS: Celebrating 30 Years of Long-term Storage for Scientific Research" 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/2022/materials-science-simulation-achieves-extreme/" title="Materials Science Simulation Achieves Extreme Performance at NERSC"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Simulation graphic of the COVID-19 spike protein simulated in an aqueous solution" src="/assets/Uploads/spike-no-h-and-o__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/materials-science-simulation-achieves-extreme/" title="Materials Science Simulation Achieves Extreme Performance at NERSC">Materials Science Simulation Achieves Extreme Performance at NERSC<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">September 7, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Powered by the new Perlmutter system at NERSC at Berkeley Lab, a team of researchers led by Paderborn University scientists Thomas D. Kühne and Christian Plessl used a new mixed-precision method to conduct the first electronic structure simulation that executed more than quintillion operations per second. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/materials-science-simulation-achieves-extreme/" title="Materials Science Simulation Achieves Extreme Performance at NERSC" 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/2022/lux-zeplin-data-management-needs-fuel-team-approach/" title="LUX-ZEPLIN Data-Management Needs Fuel Team Approach"><img width="100" height="100" alt="LZ Surface Lab top PMT array" src="/assets/Uploads/LZ-Surface-Lab-top-PMT-array__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/lux-zeplin-data-management-needs-fuel-team-approach/" title="LUX-ZEPLIN Data-Management Needs Fuel Team Approach">LUX-ZEPLIN Data-Management Needs Fuel Team Approach<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 29, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are playing a critical role in facilitating the burgeoning LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment in its search for dark matter in the universe.Located deep in the Black Hills of South Dakota in the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), the uniquely sensitive LZ dark matter detector recently passed a check-out phase of startup… <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/lux-zeplin-data-management-needs-fuel-team-approach/" title="LUX-ZEPLIN Data-Management Needs Fuel Team Approach" 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/2022/nersc-summer-student-works-toward-machine-learning-for-a-rainy-day/" title="NERSC Summer Student Works Toward Machine Learning for a Rainy Day"><img width="100" height="100" alt="JamesDuncanposter" src="/assets/Uploads/JamesDuncanposter__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/nersc-summer-student-works-toward-machine-learning-for-a-rainy-day/" title="NERSC Summer Student Works Toward Machine Learning for a Rainy Day">NERSC Summer Student Works Toward Machine Learning for a Rainy Day<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 15, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">As part of the 2022 Berkeley Lab Summer Student program, UC Berkeley PhD student James Duncan works to improve the resolution of precipitation models using machine learning, aiming to produce more accurate weather prediction. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/nersc-summer-student-works-toward-machine-learning-for-a-rainy-day/" title="NERSC Summer Student Works Toward Machine Learning for a Rainy Day" 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/2022/simulations-run-at-nersc-target-forever-chemicals-in-soils/" title="NERSC Simulations Target ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Soils"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Screen Shot 2022 07 11 at 4.23.45 PM" src="/assets/Uploads/Screen-Shot-2022-07-11-at-4__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.23.45-PM.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/simulations-run-at-nersc-target-forever-chemicals-in-soils/" title="NERSC Simulations Target ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Soils">NERSC Simulations Target ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Soils<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 14, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">With the growing awareness about the risks posed by “forever chemicals” in our water, soil, plants, and more, researchers are making new inroads into understanding how these substances function and how we might be able to mitigate their harmful effects. Fortunately, supercomputer simulations are aiding in these efforts. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/simulations-run-at-nersc-target-forever-chemicals-in-soils/" title="NERSC Simulations Target ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Soils" 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/2022/neuroscience-simulations-at-nersc-shed-light-on-origins-of-human-brain-recordings/" title="Neuroscience Simulations at NERSC Shed Light on Origins of Human Brain Recordings"><img width="100" height="100" alt="zns04218000C1" src="/assets/Uploads/zns04218000C1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/neuroscience-simulations-at-nersc-shed-light-on-origins-of-human-brain-recordings/" title="Neuroscience Simulations at NERSC Shed Light on Origins of Human Brain Recordings">Neuroscience Simulations at NERSC Shed Light on Origins of Human Brain Recordings<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 11, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using simulations run at NERSC, a team of researchers at Berkeley Lab has found the origin of cortical surface electrical signals in the brain and discovered why the signals originate where they do. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/neuroscience-simulations-at-nersc-shed-light-on-origins-of-human-brain-recordings/" title="Neuroscience Simulations at NERSC Shed Light on Origins of Human Brain Recordings" 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/2022/simulations-at-nersc-drive/" title="Simulations at NERSC Drive Progress Toward Nuclear Fusion"><img width="100" height="100" alt="NSTXU Umbrella 02 copy" src="/assets/Uploads/NSTXU-Umbrella-02-copy__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/simulations-at-nersc-drive/" title="Simulations at NERSC Drive Progress Toward Nuclear Fusion">Simulations at NERSC Drive Progress Toward Nuclear Fusion<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 1, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Simulations performed at NERSC at Berkeley Lab have brought researchers one step closer to producing efficient, endlessly renewable energy through nuclear fusion, harnessing the process that produces light and heat in our Sun and other stars. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/simulations-at-nersc-drive/" title="Simulations at NERSC Drive Progress Toward Nuclear Fusion" 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/2022/machine-learning-fuels/" title="Machine Learning Fuels Materials Science and Search in Continuous Action Spaces"><img width="100" height="100" alt="16x9 Reinforcement learning figurex" src="/assets/Uploads/16x9-Reinforcement-learning-figurex__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/machine-learning-fuels/" title="Machine Learning Fuels Materials Science and Search in Continuous Action Spaces">Machine Learning Fuels Materials Science and Search in Continuous Action Spaces<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 17, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using computing resources at NERSC at Berkeley Lab, researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have succeeded in exploring important materials-science questions and demonstrated progress using machine learning to solve difficult search problems. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/machine-learning-fuels/" title="Machine Learning Fuels Materials Science and Search in Continuous Action Spaces" 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/2022/researchers-narrow-down/" title="Researchers Narrow Down Mass of Sought-After Axion Particle"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Loop1" src="/assets/Uploads/Loop1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/researchers-narrow-down/" title="Researchers Narrow Down Mass of Sought-After Axion Particle">Researchers Narrow Down Mass of Sought-After Axion Particle<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 9, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers at Berkeley Lab and other institutions have narrowed the range of possible masses for the axion, a theoretical particle that may make up much of the dark matter in the universe. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/researchers-narrow-down/" title="Researchers Narrow Down Mass of Sought-After Axion Particle" 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/2022/san-francisco-and-berkeley-lab-team-up-on-pioneering-climate-study/" title="San Francisco and Berkeley Lab Team Up on Pioneering Climate Study"><img width="100" height="100" alt="1280px Rain ot ocean beach" src="/assets/Uploads/1280px-Rain-ot-ocean-beach__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/san-francisco-and-berkeley-lab-team-up-on-pioneering-climate-study/" title="San Francisco and Berkeley Lab Team Up on Pioneering Climate Study">San Francisco and Berkeley Lab Team Up on Pioneering Climate Study<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 27, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Berkeley Lab computational resources are helping the City and County of San Francisco adapt to the Bay Area's changing climate and the extreme storms it is expected to bring. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/san-francisco-and-berkeley-lab-team-up-on-pioneering-climate-study/" title="San Francisco and Berkeley Lab Team Up on Pioneering Climate Study" 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/2022/berkeley-lab-researchers-help-fuel-advances-for-renewable-energy-sources/" title="Berkeley Lab Helps Fuel Advances for Renewable Energy Sources"><img width="100" height="100" alt="photoelectrochemical cell" src="/assets/Uploads/photoelectrochemical-cell__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/berkeley-lab-researchers-help-fuel-advances-for-renewable-energy-sources/" title="Berkeley Lab Helps Fuel Advances for Renewable Energy Sources">Berkeley Lab Helps Fuel Advances for Renewable Energy Sources<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 7, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Simulations run at NERSC could enhance the development of a new artificial photosynthesis device component – a promising step forward in validating the viability of renewable fuels. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/berkeley-lab-researchers-help-fuel-advances-for-renewable-energy-sources/" title="Berkeley Lab Helps Fuel Advances for Renewable Energy Sources" 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/2022/hydrogen-fuel-cells-an-environmentally-friendly-alternative/" title="Hydrogen Fuel Cells: An Environmentally Friendly Transportation Alternative"><img width="100" height="100" alt="hydrogen high res" src="/assets/Uploads/hydrogen-high-res__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/hydrogen-fuel-cells-an-environmentally-friendly-alternative/" title="Hydrogen Fuel Cells: An Environmentally Friendly Transportation Alternative">Hydrogen Fuel Cells: An Environmentally Friendly Transportation Alternative<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 29, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">In the quest to develop alternatives to fossil fuels for a variety of transportation methods, environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel cells are finding favor – and funding. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/hydrogen-fuel-cells-an-environmentally-friendly-alternative/" title="Hydrogen Fuel Cells: An Environmentally Friendly Transportation Alternative" 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/2022/berkeley-lab-computing-resources-enable-deeper-understanding-of-supernovae-explosions/" title="Berkeley Lab Computing Resources Enable Deeper Understanding of Supernovae Explosions"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Screen Shot 2022 03 14 at 12.02.41 PM" src="/assets/Uploads/Screen-Shot-2022-03-14-at-12__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.02.41-PM.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/berkeley-lab-computing-resources-enable-deeper-understanding-of-supernovae-explosions/" title="Berkeley Lab Computing Resources Enable Deeper Understanding of Supernovae Explosions">Berkeley Lab Computing Resources Enable Deeper Understanding of Supernovae Explosions<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 23, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">An international research team recently made history by recording the earliest post-explosion detection of a Type Ia supernova, using cosmological models developed at Berkeley Lab and supercomputing resources at NERSC. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/berkeley-lab-computing-resources-enable-deeper-understanding-of-supernovae-explosions/" title="Berkeley Lab Computing Resources Enable Deeper Understanding of Supernovae Explosions" 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/2022/x-ray-crystallography-goes-even-tinier/" title="X-Ray Crystallography Goes Even Tinier"><img width="100" height="100" alt="1 1b" src="/assets/Uploads/1-1b__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/x-ray-crystallography-goes-even-tinier/" title="X-Ray Crystallography Goes Even Tinier">X-Ray Crystallography Goes Even Tinier<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 15, 2022</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Supported by high-performance computing resources at NERSC, scientists at Berkeley Lab have debuted a new form of X-ray crystallography for small molecules not previously conducive to investigation with crystallography. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2022/x-ray-crystallography-goes-even-tinier/" title="X-Ray Crystallography Goes Even Tinier" 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/2021/fire-and-ice-how-arctic-sea-ice-influences-western-u-s-wildfires/" title="Fire and Ice: How Arctic Sea Ice Influences Western U.S. Wildfires"><img width="100" height="100" alt="PNNL.IceMeltFires.alt.1600x1200" src="/assets/Uploads/PNNL__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.IceMeltFires.alt.1600x1200.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/fire-and-ice-how-arctic-sea-ice-influences-western-u-s-wildfires/" title="Fire and Ice: How Arctic Sea Ice Influences Western U.S. Wildfires">Fire and Ice: How Arctic Sea Ice Influences Western U.S. Wildfires<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">December 17, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">New research from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory describes how climate conditions in one part of the world can, over time, influence climate outcomes thousands of kilometers away. Simulations run on Cori helped confirm this link <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/fire-and-ice-how-arctic-sea-ice-influences-western-u-s-wildfires/" title="Fire and Ice: How Arctic Sea Ice Influences Western U.S. Wildfires" 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/2021/perlmutter-powered-deep-learning-model-speeds-extreme-weather-predictions/" title="Perlmutter-Powered Deep-Learning Model Speeds Extreme Weather Predictions"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Perlmutter Climate FNO 1" src="/assets/Uploads/Perlmutter-Climate-FNO-1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/perlmutter-powered-deep-learning-model-speeds-extreme-weather-predictions/" title="Perlmutter-Powered Deep-Learning Model Speeds Extreme Weather Predictions">Perlmutter-Powered Deep-Learning Model Speeds Extreme Weather Predictions<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">November 29, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers from Berkeley Lab, Caltech, and NVIDIA trained the Fourier Neural Operator deep learning model to emulate atmospheric dynamics and provide high-fidelity extreme weather predictions across the globe a full five days in advance. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/perlmutter-powered-deep-learning-model-speeds-extreme-weather-predictions/" title="Perlmutter-Powered Deep-Learning Model Speeds Extreme Weather Predictions" 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/2021/berkeley-lab-targets-exascale-with-perlmutter-and-nesap/" title="NERSC Targets Exascale with Perlmutter and the Exascale Science Applications Program"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Nyx collage BerkeleyLab" src="/assets/Uploads/Nyx-collage-BerkeleyLab__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/berkeley-lab-targets-exascale-with-perlmutter-and-nesap/" title="NERSC Targets Exascale with Perlmutter and the Exascale Science Applications Program">NERSC Targets Exascale with Perlmutter and the Exascale Science Applications Program<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">October 18, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">With an eye toward the first generation of exascale computing, in 2021 NERSC unveiled its newest supercomputer, Perlmutter. To ensure that users can readily utilize this next-generation technology, NERSC has been working with development teams to prepare codes for Perlmutter and the coming exascale systems through NESAP. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/berkeley-lab-targets-exascale-with-perlmutter-and-nesap/" title="NERSC Targets Exascale with Perlmutter and the Exascale Science Applications Program" 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/2021/nersc-resources-power-advances-in-solar-cell-efficiency/" title="NERSC Resources Power Advances in Solar Cell Efficiency"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Image News release hydrogen vacancy Nature Materials Van de Walle 042321" src="/assets/Uploads/Image-News-release-hydrogen-vacancy-Nature-Materials-Van-de-Walle-042321__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/nersc-resources-power-advances-in-solar-cell-efficiency/" title="NERSC Resources Power Advances in Solar Cell Efficiency">NERSC Resources Power Advances in Solar Cell Efficiency<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 12, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">The steady improvement in silicon-based solar cells has made them cost competitive with fossil fuel sources, and additional advances in their efficiency will make them even more attractive. New materials such as hybrid perovskites are poised to give solar-cell efficiency a boost, and research being conducted at NERSC is helping to pick up the pace. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/nersc-resources-power-advances-in-solar-cell-efficiency/" title="NERSC Resources Power Advances in Solar Cell Efficiency" 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/2021/project-jupyter-a-computer-code-that-transformed-science/" title="Project Jupyter: A Computer Code that Transformed Science"><img width="100" height="100" alt="fernando and brian" src="/assets/Uploads/fernando-and-brian__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/project-jupyter-a-computer-code-that-transformed-science/" title="Project Jupyter: A Computer Code that Transformed Science">Project Jupyter: A Computer Code that Transformed Science<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 14, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">As Project Jupyter becomes an increasingly important tool for data science, HPC sites around the world are responding to the demand by looking for ways to effectively support them. And NERSC has been at the forefront of this effort. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/project-jupyter-a-computer-code-that-transformed-science/" title="Project Jupyter: A Computer Code that Transformed Science" 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/2021/study-of-harvey-flooding-aids-in-quantifying-climate-change/" title="Study of Harvey Flooding Aids in Quantifying Climate Change"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Screen Shot 2021 06 08 at 1.23.07 PM" src="/assets/Uploads/Screen-Shot-2021-06-08-at-1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.23.07-PM.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/study-of-harvey-flooding-aids-in-quantifying-climate-change/" title="Study of Harvey Flooding Aids in Quantifying Climate Change">Study of Harvey Flooding Aids in Quantifying Climate Change<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 9, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">How much do the effects of climate change contribute to extreme weather events? A new study investigated the question for one particular element of one significant storm: Hurricane Harvey. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/study-of-harvey-flooding-aids-in-quantifying-climate-change/" title="Study of Harvey Flooding Aids in Quantifying Climate Change" 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/2021/limit-global-warming-to-1-5c-and-halve-the-land-ice-contribution-to-sea-level-this-century/" title="Limit global warming to 1.5°C and halve the land ice contribution to sea level this century"><img width="100" height="100" alt="wholeContinent" src="/assets/Uploads/wholeContinent__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/limit-global-warming-to-1-5c-and-halve-the-land-ice-contribution-to-sea-level-this-century/" title="Limit global warming to 1.5°C and halve the land ice contribution to sea level this century">Limit global warming to 1.5°C and halve the land ice contribution to sea level this century<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 5, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A new study predicts that sea-level rise could be halved this century (from today to 2100) if we meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. This work combines nearly 900 simulations, including some of Berkeley Lab Computational Scientist Dan Martin's BISICLES models of Antarctic ice sheets. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/limit-global-warming-to-1-5c-and-halve-the-land-ice-contribution-to-sea-level-this-century/" title="Limit global warming to 1.5°C and halve the land ice contribution to sea level this century" 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/2021/nersc-and-esnet-take-scientific-data-collaboration-to-the-next-level/" title="NERSC and ESnet Take Scientific Data Collaboration to the Next Level "><img width="100" height="100" alt="MRDP story DC2 sky image" src="/assets/Uploads/MRDP-story-DC2-sky-image__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/nersc-and-esnet-take-scientific-data-collaboration-to-the-next-level/" title="NERSC and ESnet Take Scientific Data Collaboration to the Next Level ">NERSC and ESnet Take Scientific Data Collaboration to the Next Level <span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 12, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">When the Dark Energy Science Collaboration needed a fast, secure, and convenient way to share large data sets with scientists outside of the collaboration, they turned to Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences for help, ultimately choosing an innovative data-sharing solution: the Modern Research Data Portal. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/nersc-and-esnet-take-scientific-data-collaboration-to-the-next-level/" title="NERSC and ESnet Take Scientific Data Collaboration to the Next Level " 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/2021/designing-selective-membranes/" title="Designing Selective Membranes for Batteries Using a Drug Discovery Toolbox"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color illustration of caged lithium ions in a new polymer membrane for lithium batteries" src="/assets/Uploads/helms-ion-solvation-cage-battery-1200x675-1-628x353__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/designing-selective-membranes/" title="Designing Selective Membranes for Batteries Using a Drug Discovery Toolbox">Designing Selective Membranes for Batteries Using a Drug Discovery Toolbox<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 7, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary"> Researchers have designed a polymer membrane with molecular cages built into its pores that could allow high-voltage battery cells to operate at higher power and more efficiently, important factors for both electric vehicles and aircraft. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/designing-selective-membranes/" title="Designing Selective Membranes for Batteries Using a Drug Discovery Toolbox" 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/2021/nersc-aids-pppl-in-plasma-rocket-breakthrough/" title="NERSC Aids PPPL in Plasma Rocket Breakthrough"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Screen Shot 2021 03 29 at 7.50.24 PM" src="/assets/Uploads/Screen-Shot-2021-03-29-at-7__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.50.24-PM.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/nersc-aids-pppl-in-plasma-rocket-breakthrough/" title="NERSC Aids PPPL in Plasma Rocket Breakthrough">NERSC Aids PPPL in Plasma Rocket Breakthrough<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 30, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A revolutionary new rocket engine design has come out of Princeton University, with an assist from the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/nersc-aids-pppl-in-plasma-rocket-breakthrough/" title="NERSC Aids PPPL in Plasma Rocket Breakthrough" 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/2021/urbanization-and-pollution-increase-storm-activity-around-cities/" title="How Urbanization and Pollution Increase Storm Activity Around Cities"><img width="100" height="100" alt="PNNL.AGU .weathersystemFIGURE.1600x1200" src="/assets/Uploads/PNNL__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.AGU-.weathersystemFIGURE.1600x1200.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/urbanization-and-pollution-increase-storm-activity-around-cities/" title="How Urbanization and Pollution Increase Storm Activity Around Cities">How Urbanization and Pollution Increase Storm Activity Around Cities<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 9, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using NERSC’s Cori system, PNNL researchers modeled the effects of urban land and aerosols on storm patterns in two major U.S. cities. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/urbanization-and-pollution-increase-storm-activity-around-cities/" title="How Urbanization and Pollution Increase Storm Activity Around Cities" 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/2021/supernova-explosion-explorations-near-new-milestones/" title="HPC Explorations of Supernova Explosions Help Physicists Reach New Milestones"><img width="100" height="100" alt="fornax.supernovae.19solar" src="/assets/Uploads/fornax__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.supernovae.19solar.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/supernova-explosion-explorations-near-new-milestones/" title="HPC Explorations of Supernova Explosions Help Physicists Reach New Milestones">HPC Explorations of Supernova Explosions Help Physicists Reach New Milestones<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">February 25, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">For more than 60 years, physicists have been studying the question of how supernova explosions occur. Thanks to the increasing power of supercomputing resources such as those at NERSC, they’re moving ever closer to an answer. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/supernova-explosion-explorations-near-new-milestones/" title="HPC Explorations of Supernova Explosions Help Physicists Reach New Milestones" 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/2021/superfacility-model-brings-covid-research-into-real-time/" title="Superfacility Model Brings COVID Research Into Real Time"><img width="100" height="100" alt="CoriDOESignsmallest" src="/assets/Uploads/CoriDOESignsmallest__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/superfacility-model-brings-covid-research-into-real-time/" title="Superfacility Model Brings COVID Research Into Real Time">Superfacility Model Brings COVID Research Into Real Time<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">February 8, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers at NERSC and the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC are collaborating to leverage the superfacility model for real-time data analysis in the worldwide quest to decipher the SARS-CoV-2 virus. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/superfacility-model-brings-covid-research-into-real-time/" title="Superfacility Model Brings COVID Research Into Real 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/2021/new-data-processing-technique-aids-xfel-protein-structure-analysis/" title="Novel Data Processing Technique Aids XFEL Protein Structure Analysis"><img width="100" height="100" alt="SauterXFELfigure1" src="/assets/Uploads/SauterXFELfigure1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/new-data-processing-technique-aids-xfel-protein-structure-analysis/" title="Novel Data Processing Technique Aids XFEL Protein Structure Analysis">Novel Data Processing Technique Aids XFEL Protein Structure Analysis<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 26, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Scientists use X-ray crystallography to determine the three-dimensional structures of proteins. A new data processing approach is enhancing the outcomes. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/new-data-processing-technique-aids-xfel-protein-structure-analysis/" title="Novel Data Processing Technique Aids XFEL Protein Structure Analysis" 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/2021/measurements-of-pulsar-accelerations-reveal-milky-ways-dark-side/" title="Measurements of Pulsar Accelerations Reveal Milky Way’s Dark Side"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color visualization of ripples in the disk of the Milky Way galaxy" src="/assets/Uploads/PulsarMeasurements3F-NoArrows1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/measurements-of-pulsar-accelerations-reveal-milky-ways-dark-side/" title="Measurements of Pulsar Accelerations Reveal Milky Way’s Dark Side">Measurements of Pulsar Accelerations Reveal Milky Way’s Dark Side<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 11, 2021</span> </div> <p class="Summary">It is well known that the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to a mysterious dark energy. Within galaxies, stars also experience an acceleration, though this is due to some combination of dark matter and stellar density. Researchers using NERSC supercomputers have obtained the first direct measurement of the average acceleration taking place within our home galaxy, the Milky Way. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2021/measurements-of-pulsar-accelerations-reveal-milky-ways-dark-side/" title="Measurements of Pulsar Accelerations Reveal Milky Way’s Dark Side" 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/2020/novel-calculation-sheds-new-light-on-matteranti-matter-mystery/" title="Novel Calculation Sheds New Light on Matter/Anti-Matter Mystery"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color visualization depicting the likelihood of two kaon decay pathways" src="/assets/Uploads/k-matter-1000px__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/novel-calculation-sheds-new-light-on-matteranti-matter-mystery/" title="Novel Calculation Sheds New Light on Matter/Anti-Matter Mystery">Novel Calculation Sheds New Light on Matter/Anti-Matter Mystery<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">December 14, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">An international collaboration of theoretical physicists has published a novel calculation that provides new insights into the relationship between matter and antimatter in the universe. This work included extensive use of NERSC supercomputing resources over six years. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/novel-calculation-sheds-new-light-on-matteranti-matter-mystery/" title="Novel Calculation Sheds New Light on Matter/Anti-Matter Mystery" 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/2020/deep-learning-research-nominated-for-best-student-paper-award-at-sc20/" title="Deep-Learning Research Nominated for Best Student Paper Award at SC20"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Screen Shot 2020 11 13 at 1.19.16 PM" src="/assets/Uploads/Screen-Shot-2020-11-13-at-1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.19.16-PM.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/deep-learning-research-nominated-for-best-student-paper-award-at-sc20/" title="Deep-Learning Research Nominated for Best Student Paper Award at SC20">Deep-Learning Research Nominated for Best Student Paper Award at SC20<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">November 16, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A paper describing MeshfreeFlowNet — an open-source, physics-constrained, deep-learning approach for simultaneously enhancing the spatial and temporal resolution of scientific data — is a finalist for the Best Student Paper Award at SC20.“MeshfreeFlowNet is a big step forward in terms of physics-constrained machine learning algorithm development, combining important criteria necessary for scientific data: physics-based partial differential equation constraints, a mesh-free design that… <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/deep-learning-research-nominated-for-best-student-paper-award-at-sc20/" title="Deep-Learning Research Nominated for Best Student Paper Award at SC20" 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/2020/nersc-supports-covid-19-pandemic-response/" title="NERSC Supports COVID-19 Pandemic Response "><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color photo of the Cori supercomputer at NERSC" src="/assets/Uploads/Cori1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/nersc-supports-covid-19-pandemic-response/" title="NERSC Supports COVID-19 Pandemic Response ">NERSC Supports COVID-19 Pandemic Response <span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">November 2, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Since April 2020, NERSC has allotted 2.5 million node hours on its Cori supercomputer and has provided dedicated HPC staff liaisons and other resources to support COVID-19 research. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/nersc-supports-covid-19-pandemic-response/" title="NERSC Supports COVID-19 Pandemic Response " 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/2020/physical-scientists-turn-to-deep-learning-to-improve-earth-systems-modeling/" title="Physical Scientists Turn to Deep Learning to Improve Earth Systems Modeling"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Photo of Karthik Kashinath" src="/assets/Uploads/KK-headshot-highres__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/physical-scientists-turn-to-deep-learning-to-improve-earth-systems-modeling/" title="Physical Scientists Turn to Deep Learning to Improve Earth Systems Modeling">Physical Scientists Turn to Deep Learning to Improve Earth Systems Modeling<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 25, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">The role of deep learning in science is at a turning point, with weather, climate, and Earth systems modeling emerging as an exciting application area for physics-informed deep learning. In this Q&A, NERSC's Karthik Kashinath discusses what is driving the scientific community to embrace these new methodologies. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/physical-scientists-turn-to-deep-learning-to-improve-earth-systems-modeling/" title="Physical Scientists Turn to Deep Learning to Improve Earth Systems Modeling" 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/2020/nersc-resources-play-key-role-in-cupid-mo-collaboration/" title="NERSC Resources Play Key Role in CUPID-Mo Collaboration"><img width="100" height="100" alt="CuMo" src="/assets/Uploads/CuMo__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/nersc-resources-play-key-role-in-cupid-mo-collaboration/" title="NERSC Resources Play Key Role in CUPID-Mo Collaboration">NERSC Resources Play Key Role in CUPID-Mo Collaboration<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 21, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Nuclear physicists affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) played a leading role in analyzing data for a demonstration experiment that has achieved record precision for a specialized detector material. The data-analysis component of this ground-breaking research was conducted entirely at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at Berkeley Lab. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/nersc-resources-play-key-role-in-cupid-mo-collaboration/" title="NERSC Resources Play Key Role in CUPID-Mo Collaboration" 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/2020/spectacular-ultraviolet-flash-may-finally-explain-how-white-dwarfs-explode/" title="Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode"><img width="100" height="100" alt="ZTF composite color image of supernova SN2019yvq in host galaxy NGC 4441" src="/assets/Uploads/SN2019yvq-RGB__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/spectacular-ultraviolet-flash-may-finally-explain-how-white-dwarfs-explode/" title="Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode">Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 23, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">For just the second time ever, astrophysicists have spotted a spectacular flash of ultraviolet light in a supernova, an extremely rare event following a white dwarf explosion. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/spectacular-ultraviolet-flash-may-finally-explain-how-white-dwarfs-explode/" title="Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode" 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/2020/supercomputing-pipeline-aids-desis-quest-to-create-3d-map-of-the-universe/" title="Supercomputing Pipeline Aids DESI’s Quest to Create 3D Map of the Universe"><img width="100" height="100" alt="DESI logo" src="/assets/Uploads/DESI-logo__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/supercomputing-pipeline-aids-desis-quest-to-create-3d-map-of-the-universe/" title="Supercomputing Pipeline Aids DESI’s Quest to Create 3D Map of the Universe">Supercomputing Pipeline Aids DESI’s Quest to Create 3D Map of the Universe<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 20, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is combining high-speed automation, high-performance computing, and high-speed networking to produce the largest 3D map of the universe ever created. Starting in late 2020, DESI's five-year mission is to capture light from 35 million galaxies and 2.4 million quasars and transmit that data to NERSC - DESI’s primary computing center - for data processing and analysis. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/supercomputing-pipeline-aids-desis-quest-to-create-3d-map-of-the-universe/" title="Supercomputing Pipeline Aids DESI’s Quest to Create 3D Map of the Universe" 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/2020/making-quantum-waves-in-ultrathin-materials/" title="Making Quantum ‘Waves’ in Ultrathin Materials"><img width="100" height="100" alt="plasmon9d 1200x520 1 628x272" src="/assets/Uploads/plasmon9d-1200x520-1-628x272__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/making-quantum-waves-in-ultrathin-materials/" title="Making Quantum ‘Waves’ in Ultrathin Materials">Making Quantum ‘Waves’ in Ultrathin Materials<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 14, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Running calculations at NERSC, a team of researchers co-led by Berkeley Lab have revealed how wavelike plasmons could power up a new class of sensing and photochemical technologies at the nanoscale. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/making-quantum-waves-in-ultrathin-materials/" title="Making Quantum ‘Waves’ in Ultrathin Materials" 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/2020/machine-learning-could-provide-unexpected-scientific-insights-into-covid-19/" title="Machine Learning Could Provide Unexpected Scientific Insights into COVID-19"><img width="100" height="100" alt="COVID Scholar color icon" src="/assets/Uploads/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.15.08-PM.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/machine-learning-could-provide-unexpected-scientific-insights-into-covid-19/" title="Machine Learning Could Provide Unexpected Scientific Insights into COVID-19">Machine Learning Could Provide Unexpected Scientific Insights into COVID-19<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 29, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A new text-mining tool developed at Berkeley Lab and supported by NERSC supercomputing resources is using natural language processing techniques that could yield unexpected scientific insights into COVID-19. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/machine-learning-could-provide-unexpected-scientific-insights-into-covid-19/" title="Machine Learning Could Provide Unexpected Scientific Insights into COVID-19" 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/2020/worlds-first-3d-simulations-reveals-the-physics-of-superluminous-supernovae/" title="World's First 3D Simulations of Superluminous Supernovae "><img width="100" height="100" alt="mag nersc2" src="/assets/Uploads/mag-nersc2__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/worlds-first-3d-simulations-reveals-the-physics-of-superluminous-supernovae/" title="World's First 3D Simulations of Superluminous Supernovae ">World's First 3D Simulations of Superluminous Supernovae <span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 21, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">For the first time ever, an international team of astrophysicists simulated the 3D physics of superluminous supernovae—which are about a hundred times more luminous than typical supernovae—with NERSC supercomputers and the CASTRO code. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/worlds-first-3d-simulations-reveals-the-physics-of-superluminous-supernovae/" title="World's First 3D Simulations of Superluminous Supernovae " 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/2020/harnessing-the-power-of-exascale-for-wind-turbine-simulations/" title="Harnessing the Power of Exascale for Wind Turbine Simulations"><img width="100" height="100" alt="ExaWind" src="/assets/Uploads/ExaWind__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/harnessing-the-power-of-exascale-for-wind-turbine-simulations/" title="Harnessing the Power of Exascale for Wind Turbine Simulations">Harnessing the Power of Exascale for Wind Turbine Simulations<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 7, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">ExaWind, a DOE Exascale Computing Project, is developing new simulation capabilities to more accurately predict the complex flow physics of wind farms, and Berkeley Lab is bringing its adaptive mesh refinement expertise to the project to help make this happen. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/harnessing-the-power-of-exascale-for-wind-turbine-simulations/" title="Harnessing the Power of Exascale for Wind Turbine Simulations" 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/2020/nerscs-scientific-computing-power-steps-into-coronavirus-battle/" title="NERSC’s Scientific Computing Power Steps into Coronavirus Battle"><img width="100" height="100" alt="COVID19 colorized CDC NIH image" src="/assets/Uploads/COVID19-colorized-CDC-NIH-image__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/nerscs-scientific-computing-power-steps-into-coronavirus-battle/" title="NERSC’s Scientific Computing Power Steps into Coronavirus Battle">NERSC’s Scientific Computing Power Steps into Coronavirus Battle<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 3, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers from the City of Hope’s Beckman Research Institute and the Translational Genomics Research Institute will use NERSC computing resources to help battle the COVID-19 global pandemic. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/nerscs-scientific-computing-power-steps-into-coronavirus-battle/" title="NERSC’s Scientific Computing Power Steps into Coronavirus Battle" 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/2020/earlier-spring-foliage-brings-warmer-air-to-the-north/" title="Earlier Spring Foliage Brings Warmer Air to the North"><img width="100" height="100" alt="maple leaf" src="/assets/Uploads/maple-leaf__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/earlier-spring-foliage-brings-warmer-air-to-the-north/" title="Earlier Spring Foliage Brings Warmer Air to the North">Earlier Spring Foliage Brings Warmer Air to the North<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 23, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A group of researchers used NERSC to explore how early leaf growth, or “leaf-out,” affects the earth’s ecosystem. Their findings show that early spring leaf-out is causing a definitive increase in annual surface warming in the Northern Hemisphere. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/earlier-spring-foliage-brings-warmer-air-to-the-north/" title="Earlier Spring Foliage Brings Warmer Air to the North" 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/2020/berkeley-lab-collaborates-to-prepare-photovoltaic-research-for-exascale/" title="Berkeley Lab Collaborates to Prepare Photovoltaic Materials Research for Exascale"><img width="100" height="100" alt="solarcells" src="/assets/Uploads/solarcells__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/berkeley-lab-collaborates-to-prepare-photovoltaic-research-for-exascale/" title="Berkeley Lab Collaborates to Prepare Photovoltaic Materials Research for Exascale">Berkeley Lab Collaborates to Prepare Photovoltaic Materials Research for Exascale<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">March 5, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">NERSC and CRD researchers are part of a collaboration that is using BerkeleyGW software to enhance the search for new, more efficient photovoltaic solar cell materials on the first exascale computers. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/berkeley-lab-collaborates-to-prepare-photovoltaic-research-for-exascale/" title="Berkeley Lab Collaborates to Prepare Photovoltaic Materials Research for Exascale" 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/2020/noaa-releases-extended-version-of-20th-century-reanalysis-project/" title="NOAA Releases Extended Version of 20th Century Reanalysis Project"><img width="100" height="100" alt="NOAA 1915 weather map" src="/assets/Uploads/NOAA-1915-map__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/noaa-releases-extended-version-of-20th-century-reanalysis-project/" title="NOAA Releases Extended Version of 20th Century Reanalysis Project">NOAA Releases Extended Version of 20th Century Reanalysis Project<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 13, 2020</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Calling it a time machine for weather data and a treasure trove for climate researchers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released an updated version of the 20th Century Reanalysis Project (20CRv3) - a high-resolution, four-dimensional reconstruction of the global climate that estimates what the weather was every day back to 1806. The release of this latest 20CRv3 data comes on the heels of an October 2019 release of data going back to 1836. Together, these new… <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2020/noaa-releases-extended-version-of-20th-century-reanalysis-project/" title="NOAA Releases Extended Version of 20th Century Reanalysis Project" 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/2019/deep-learning-expands-study-of-nuclear-waste-remediation/" title="Deep Learning Expands Study of Nuclear Waste Remediation"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color plot of data" src="/assets/Uploads/Hanford1__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/deep-learning-expands-study-of-nuclear-waste-remediation/" title="Deep Learning Expands Study of Nuclear Waste Remediation">Deep Learning Expands Study of Nuclear Waste Remediation<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">November 8, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A research collaboration between Berkeley Lab, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Brown University, and NVIDIA has achieved exaflop performance with a deep learning application used to model subsurface flow in the study of nuclear waste remediation. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/deep-learning-expands-study-of-nuclear-waste-remediation/" title="Deep Learning Expands Study of Nuclear Waste Remediation" 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/2019/nersc-powers-research-on-post-wildfire-water-availability/" title="NERSC Powers Research on Post-Wildfire Water Availability"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Berkeley Lab LandCover BurnScars" src="/assets/Uploads/Berkeley-Lab-LandCover-BurnScars__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/nersc-powers-research-on-post-wildfire-water-availability/" title="NERSC Powers Research on Post-Wildfire Water Availability">NERSC Powers Research on Post-Wildfire Water Availability<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">October 8, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Scientists at Berkeley Lab recently took a closer look at how wildfires affect California’s watersheds. Computer simulations run at NERSC allowed them to identify the regions in the watershed that were most sensitive to wildfire conditions, as well as the hydrologic processes that are most affected. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/nersc-powers-research-on-post-wildfire-water-availability/" title="NERSC Powers Research on Post-Wildfire Water Availability" 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/2019/nersc-resources-help-predict-plasma-pressure-in-future-fusion-facilities/" title="NERSC Resources Help PPPL Team Predict Plasma Pressure in Future Fusion Facilities"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Graphic of Individual terms from the ion pressure balance" src="/assets/Uploads/Screen-Shot-2019-09-27-at-2__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.20.06-PM.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/nersc-resources-help-predict-plasma-pressure-in-future-fusion-facilities/" title="NERSC Resources Help PPPL Team Predict Plasma Pressure in Future Fusion Facilities">NERSC Resources Help PPPL Team Predict Plasma Pressure in Future Fusion Facilities<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">September 27, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have developed new insights into the physics governing the balance of pressure in the scrape-off layer, the thin strip of gas at the edge of the plasma in a tokamak reactor. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/nersc-resources-help-predict-plasma-pressure-in-future-fusion-facilities/" title="NERSC Resources Help PPPL Team Predict Plasma Pressure in Future Fusion Facilities" 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/2019/hydrogen-identified-as-a-culprit-in-capacity-loss-of-batteries/" title="Hydrogen a Culprit in Capacity Loss of Sodium-Ion Batteries"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Depiction of hydrogen-induced degradation of a sodium-ion battery" src="/assets/Uploads/batteryVandeWalle__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/hydrogen-identified-as-a-culprit-in-capacity-loss-of-batteries/" title="Hydrogen a Culprit in Capacity Loss of Sodium-Ion Batteries">Hydrogen a Culprit in Capacity Loss of Sodium-Ion Batteries<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">August 1, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Using NERSC's Cori system, UC Santa Barbara computational materials scientist Chris Van de Walle and colleagues have uncovered a reason for the loss of capacity that occurs over time in sodium batteries. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/hydrogen-identified-as-a-culprit-in-capacity-loss-of-batteries/" title="Hydrogen a Culprit in Capacity Loss of Sodium-Ion Batteries" 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/2019/berkeley-lab-deep-learning-expertise-draws-attention-at-international-climatology-meeting/" title="Berkeley Lab Deep Learning Expertise Draws Attention at International Climatology Meeting"><img width="100" height="100" alt="KarthikIMSCthumbnail" src="/assets/Uploads/KarthikIMSCthumbnail__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/berkeley-lab-deep-learning-expertise-draws-attention-at-international-climatology-meeting/" title="Berkeley Lab Deep Learning Expertise Draws Attention at International Climatology Meeting">Berkeley Lab Deep Learning Expertise Draws Attention at International Climatology Meeting<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 24, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Berkeley Lab’s growing expertise in applying machine learning methods to extreme weather event studies led to invitations to present at the 2019 International Meeting on Statistical Climatology, a prestigious event held only every three years. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/berkeley-lab-deep-learning-expertise-draws-attention-at-international-climatology-meeting/" title="Berkeley Lab Deep Learning Expertise Draws Attention at International Climatology Meeting" 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/2019/scientists-piece-together-the-largest-u-s-based-dark-matter-experiment/" title="Scientists Piece Together the Largest U.S.-Based Dark Matter Experiment"><img width="100" height="100" alt="LZ lower PMT array 0104 Pano HDR Edit ZF 9470 01608 1 001 628x628" src="/assets/Uploads/LZ-lower-PMT-array-0104-Pano-HDR-Edit-ZF-9470-01608-1-001-628x628__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/scientists-piece-together-the-largest-u-s-based-dark-matter-experiment/" title="Scientists Piece Together the Largest U.S.-Based Dark Matter Experiment">Scientists Piece Together the Largest U.S.-Based Dark Matter Experiment<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 22, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Most of the remaining components needed to fully assemble an underground dark matter-search experiment called LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) arrived at the project’s South Dakota home during a rush of deliveries in June. Once it is up and running, data captured by the detectors’ electronics will ultimately be transferred to NERSC, LZ’s primary data center, via ESnet. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/scientists-piece-together-the-largest-u-s-based-dark-matter-experiment/" title="Scientists Piece Together the Largest U.S.-Based Dark Matter Experiment" 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/2019/3-sky-surveys-completed-in-preparation-for-dark-energy-spectroscopic-instrument/" title="Three Sky Surveys Completed in Preparation for Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument"><img width="100" height="100" alt="DESI Telescope" src="/assets/Uploads/DESIscope__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/3-sky-surveys-completed-in-preparation-for-dark-energy-spectroscopic-instrument/" title="Three Sky Surveys Completed in Preparation for Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument">Three Sky Surveys Completed in Preparation for Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 9, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">It took three sky surveys – conducted at telescopes in two continents, covering one-third of the visible sky, and requiring almost 1,000 observing nights – to prepare for a new project that will create the largest 3D map of the universe’s galaxies and glean new insights about the universe’s accelerating expansion. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/3-sky-surveys-completed-in-preparation-for-dark-energy-spectroscopic-instrument/" title="Three Sky Surveys Completed in Preparation for Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument" 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/2019/nerscs-cori-system-reveals-integral-role-of-gluons-in-proton-pressure-distribution/" title="NERSC’s Cori System Reveals Integral Role of Gluons in Proton Pressure Distribution"><img width="100" height="100" alt="PRLcoverDetmold" src="/assets/Uploads/PRLcoverDetmold__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/nerscs-cori-system-reveals-integral-role-of-gluons-in-proton-pressure-distribution/" title="NERSC’s Cori System Reveals Integral Role of Gluons in Proton Pressure Distribution">NERSC’s Cori System Reveals Integral Role of Gluons in Proton Pressure Distribution<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">July 8, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">For the first time, lattice quantum chromodynamics calculations run at NERSC allowed nuclear physicists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to determine the pressure distribution inside a proton, taking into account the contributions of the proton’s fundamental particles: quarks and gluons. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/nerscs-cori-system-reveals-integral-role-of-gluons-in-proton-pressure-distribution/" title="NERSC’s Cori System Reveals Integral Role of Gluons in Proton Pressure Distribution" 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/2019/cleaning-cosmic-microwave-background-data-to-measure-gravitational-lensing/" title="Cleaning Cosmic Microwave Background Data to Measure Gravitational Lensing"><img width="100" height="100" alt="A CMB 2D image with no lensing effect" src="/assets/Uploads/CMBthumbnail__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/cleaning-cosmic-microwave-background-data-to-measure-gravitational-lensing/" title="Cleaning Cosmic Microwave Background Data to Measure Gravitational Lensing">Cleaning Cosmic Microwave Background Data to Measure Gravitational Lensing<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">June 6, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Gravity from distant galaxies cause tiny distortions in cosmic microwave background temperature maps - a process called gravitational lensing - which are detected by data analysis software run on supercomputers like the Cori system at NERSC. Unfortunately, this temperature data is often corrupted by foreground emissions from extragalactic dust, gas, and other noise sources that are challenging to model. So Berkeley Lab researchers developed a statistical method for analyzing CMB data that is largely immune to the foreground noise effects.<br /> <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/cleaning-cosmic-microwave-background-data-to-measure-gravitational-lensing/" title="Cleaning Cosmic Microwave Background Data to Measure Gravitational Lensing" 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/2019/cosmogan-training-a-neural-network-to-study-dark-matter/" title="CosmoGAN: Training a Neural Network to Study Dark Matter"><img width="100" height="100" alt="CosmoGANfig2" src="/assets/Uploads/CosmoGANfig2__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/cosmogan-training-a-neural-network-to-study-dark-matter/" title="CosmoGAN: Training a Neural Network to Study Dark Matter">CosmoGAN: Training a Neural Network to Study Dark Matter<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 14, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A Berkeley Lab-led research group is using a deep learning method known as generative adversarial networks to enhance the use of gravitational lensing in the study of dark matter. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/cosmogan-training-a-neural-network-to-study-dark-matter/" title="CosmoGAN: Training a Neural Network to Study Dark Matter" 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/2019/superfacility-framework-advances-photosynthesis-research/" title="Superfacility Framework Advances Photosynthesis Research"><img width="100" height="100" alt="PSII main" src="/assets/Uploads/PSII-main__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/superfacility-framework-advances-photosynthesis-research/" title="Superfacility Framework Advances Photosynthesis Research">Superfacility Framework Advances Photosynthesis Research<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">May 9, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers have long studied PSII, a protein complex in green plants, algae, and cyanobacteria that plays a crucial role in photosynthesis. Their understanding of this three-billion-year-old biological system is now moving more quickly, thanks to an integrated superfacility framework established between LCLS, ESnet, and NERSC. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/superfacility-framework-advances-photosynthesis-research/" title="Superfacility Framework Advances Photosynthesis Research" 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/2019/a-breakthrough-in-the-study-of-laserplasma-interactions/" title="A Breakthrough in the Study of Laser/Plasma Interactions"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Color snapshot of electron distribution phase space" src="/assets/Uploads/stretch-fold-black__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/a-breakthrough-in-the-study-of-laserplasma-interactions/" title="A Breakthrough in the Study of Laser/Plasma Interactions">A Breakthrough in the Study of Laser/Plasma Interactions<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 22, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">A new 3D particle-in-cell simulation tool developed by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and CEA Saclay is enabling cutting-edge simulations of laser/plasma coupling mechanisms that were previously out of reach of standard PIC codes used in plasma research. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/a-breakthrough-in-the-study-of-laserplasma-interactions/" title="A Breakthrough in the Study of Laser/Plasma Interactions" 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/2019/2019-doe-performance-portability-meeting-breaks-new-ground/" title="2019 DOE Performance Portability Meeting Breaks New Ground"><img width="100" height="100" alt="PerformancePortability" src="/assets/Uploads/PerformancePortability__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/2019-doe-performance-portability-meeting-breaks-new-ground/" title="2019 DOE Performance Portability Meeting Breaks New Ground">2019 DOE Performance Portability Meeting Breaks New Ground<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 15, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">The 2019 DOE Performance, Portability, and Productivity Annual Meeting once again brought together representatives from national labs, academia, and the vendor community to share ideas, progress, and challenges in achieving performance portability across DOE’s current and future supercomputers. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/2019-doe-performance-portability-meeting-breaks-new-ground/" title="2019 DOE Performance Portability Meeting Breaks New Ground" 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/2019/searching-for-photocathodes-that-convert-co2-into-fuels/" title="Searching for Photocathodes that Convert CO2 into Fuels"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Six-step selection criteria diagram for CO2 reduction" src="/assets/Uploads/CO2Reduction__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/searching-for-photocathodes-that-convert-co2-into-fuels/" title="Searching for Photocathodes that Convert CO2 into Fuels">Searching for Photocathodes that Convert CO2 into Fuels<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">April 8, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">As scientists search for new materials to enable the photocatalytic conversion of CO2, a Berkeley Lab team used supercomputing resources at NERSC to perform a massive photocathode search, starting with 68,860 materials and screening them for specific intrinsic properties. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/searching-for-photocathodes-that-convert-co2-into-fuels/" title="Searching for Photocathodes that Convert CO2 into Fuels" 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/2019/when-stars-collide-computer-simulation-sheds-new-light-on-cosmic-event/" title="When Stars Collide: 3D Computer Simulation Captures Cosmic Event"><img width="100" height="100" alt="A cross-section of a model showing colliding neutron stars" src="/assets/Uploads/density-nofield-snapshot-210__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/when-stars-collide-computer-simulation-sheds-new-light-on-cosmic-event/" title="When Stars Collide: 3D Computer Simulation Captures Cosmic Event">When Stars Collide: 3D Computer Simulation Captures Cosmic Event<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 12, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">The aftermath of the collision of two neutron stars has been fully captured in a 3D computer model for the first time, thanks to research by University of Alberta astrophysicist Rodrigo Fernández and an international team. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/when-stars-collide-computer-simulation-sheds-new-light-on-cosmic-event/" title="When Stars Collide: 3D Computer Simulation Captures Cosmic Event" 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/2019/shining-light-on-recombination-mechanisms-in-solar-cell-materials/" title="Revealing Reclusive Recombination Mechanisms in Solar Cell Materials"><img width="100" height="100" alt="hybrid perovskite" src="/assets/Uploads/hybrid-perovskite__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpeg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/shining-light-on-recombination-mechanisms-in-solar-cell-materials/" title="Revealing Reclusive Recombination Mechanisms in Solar Cell Materials">Revealing Reclusive Recombination Mechanisms in Solar Cell Materials<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> <span class="Date">January 2, 2019</span> </div> <p class="Summary">Researchers at UCSB used NERSC supercomputers to better understand key mechanisms behind the solar conversion efficiencies of hybrid perovskites, which could make these materials even more attractive for photovoltaics. <a href="/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2019/shining-light-on-recombination-mechanisms-in-solar-cell-materials/" title="Revealing Reclusive Recombination Mechanisms in Solar Cell Materials" 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 href="/science/science-news/?year=2024">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/science/science-news/?year=2023">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/science/science-news/?year=2022">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/science/science-news/?year=2021">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/science/science-news/?year=2020">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/science/science-news/?year=2019">2019</a></li> <li><a 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