Pinpointing the Magnetic Moments of Nuclear Matter

Using NERSC's Edison supercomputer, a team of nuclear physicists has made a key discovery in its quest to shed light on the structure and behavior of subatomic particles. » Read More

A Standard for Neuroscience Data

Berkeley Lab and NERSC researchers are developing tools to standardize data formats and storage for the neuroscience research community. They are also working on a portal to make sharing neuroscience data easier. » Read More

Novel Algorithms Help Illuminate Dark Energy

Using NERSC supercomputers, Berkeley researchers developed novel computational tools to help the Dark Energy Survey identify and monitor Type 1a supernovae. » Read More

Optimized Algorithms Boost Combustion Research

Turbulent combustion simulations, which play an important role in the design of fuel-efficient combustion systems such as diesel engines, have gotten their own efficiency boost. » Read More

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

Project	Machine	CPU Cores
Lattice QCD Monte Carlo Calculation of Hadronic Structure and Spectroscopy PI: Keh-Fei Liu, University of Kentucky	Edison	41,280
Lattice QCD Study of the Structure of Light Nuclei PI: Martin J. Savage, University of Washington	Hopper	16,896
Particle-in-Cell Simulations of Laser Plasma Interactions Relevant to Inertial Fusion Energy PI: Frank S. Tsung, University of California Los Angeles	Edison	16,416
ICF Turblent Mixing Simulations PI: James Glimm, Stony Brook University	Hopper	9,216
Molecular Dynamics Studies of Biomass Degradation in Biofuel Production PI: Klaus J. Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Edison	4,800
Cosmic Microwave Background Data Analysis For The Planck Satellite Mission PI: Julian D. Borrill, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Carver	512

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Did You Know?

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina (Aug. 23-30, 2005), DOE's Office of Science allocated 400,000 supercomputing hours at NERSC to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans to run simulations of hurricane protection projects.