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NERSC Supercomputers Help Explain the Last Big Freeze
January 31, 2013
| Tags: Biological and Environmental Research (BER), Climate Research, Hopper
About 13,000 years ago, a catastrophic injection of freshwater into the North Atlantic “conveyor” triggered a major cold spell. But, how did the freshwater get there? With help from NERSC, two researchers may have finally solved this mystery. Read More »
NERSC Contributes to Smithsonian Magazine's Surprising Scientific Milestones of 2012
January 23, 2013
| Tags: Carver, Chemistry, Materials Science
Using NERSC supercomputers, MIT researchers came up with a new approach for desalinating sea water using sheets of graphene, a one-atom-thick form of the element carbon. Smithsonian Magazine named this result the fifth "Surprising Scientific Milestone of 2012. Read More »
NERSC Contributes to Science Magazine's Breakthroughs of the Year
January 14, 2013
| Tags: High Energy Physics, High Energy Physics (HEP), HPSS, PDSF, Physics
Of the top 10 finalists for Science mag's 2012 "Breakthrough of the Year," NERSC provided critical computing and archival support to two accomplishments. Read More »
