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Like A Plant, Turn Sunlight Into Electricity
Inspired by plants, scientists have created a light-harvesting material that can turn sunlight into chemical energy. However, creating a stable form of the material for large-scale usage has proved difficult. Read More »
Turning Water into Hydrogen Fuel
To do its job, the popular catalyst titanium dioxide often needs an even layer of hydroxyl groups across its surface; thanks to a new method by scientists at PNNL, the catalyst is now getting it. Read More »
New Accelerator Will Study Steps on the Path to Fusion Power
The Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment, NDCX-II has recently marked successful completion. Designed with the aid of computer simulations executed at NERSC, the accelerator was created to study warm dense matter, an important research field in itself and particularly relevant to nuclear fusion. NDCX-II will test a variety of technologies in preparation for a new generation of power plants on Earth that will mimic the engines of the stars. Read More »
Floating Robots Track Water Flow, Stream Data via Smartphones
To understand how water flows through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, 100 mobile sensors were placed into the Sacramento River on May 9 to make critical measurements every few seconds. Once collected, this data is transmitted to NERSC for assimilation and analysis. Read More »
After 5 Years, NERSC’s Franklin Retires
This week, the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) retired one of its most scientifically prolific supercomputers to date—a Cray XT4 named Franklin, in honor of the United States’ pioneering scientist Benjamin Franklin. Read More »
Science
Like A Plant, Turn Sunlight Into Electricity
Turning Water into Hydrogen Fuel
NERSC Center
After 5 Years, NERSC’s Franklin Retires
NERSC Releases Mobile Apps to Users
NERSC Launches Data-intensive Science Pilot Program
Breaking Ground on Computational Research and Theory Facility
