When Neutron Stars Collide

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DOE to Build Next-Generation Supercomputer at Berkeley Laboratory

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NERSC Recognized by NASA for Contributions to Planck Mission

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Computing at NERSC

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A small sample of massively parallel scientific computing jobs running right now at NERSC.

Project	Machine	Nodes
Lattice QCD Monte Carlo Calculation of Hadronic Structure and Spectroscopy PI: Keh-Fei Liu, University of Kentucky	Edison	860
energy exascale earth system modeling (e3sm) PI: Lai-Yung Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)	Edison	285
Investigating climate-biogeochemistry feedbacks with the Department of Energy's next- generation high-resolution Earth system model PI: Peter Thornton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Edison	270
Quantum Chromodynamics with four flavors of dynamical quarks PI: Doug Toussaint, University of Arizona	Cori	256
Quantum Chromodynamics with four flavors of dynamical quarks PI: Doug Toussaint, University of Arizona	Cori	256
Quantum Chromodynamics with four flavors of dynamical quarks PI: Doug Toussaint, University of Arizona	Cori	256
Quantum Chromodynamics with four flavors of dynamical quarks PI: Doug Toussaint, University of Arizona	Cori	256

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Did You Know?

George Smoot, professor of physics at UC Berkeley & an astrophysicist at Berkeley Lab, won the 2006 Nobel Prize for physics for his cosmic microwave background radiation data analysis. He used NERSC supercomputers to confirm predictions of the Big Bang theory.