Lilliputian LEDs

Nanostructures half the breadth of a DNA strand could improve the efficiency of light emitting diodes and help solve the most daunting problem facing white LED lighting today: the green gap. » Read More

Climate Change Reduces Chance of Flooding in Okavango Delta

Researchers at the University of Cape Town, Berkeley Lab and the United Nations Development Programme have analyzed how human-induced climate change has affected recent flooding in an ecologically and geographically unique river basin in southern Africa—the Okavango River. » Read More

Petascale Post-Doc Project a Supercomputing Success Story

The first post-doctoral research project centered at NERSC is being credited with helping its participants advance their careers and boosting the state-of-the-art in high performance scientific computing software applications. » Read More

NERSC Science Gateways Pave Way for 'Team Science'

For nearly a decade, computational scientists at NERSC have been working with researchers around the globe to develop online tools that are changing the way they compute and collaborate. » Read More

Stroll Down Memory Lane

NERSC@40: Step back in time with photos, stories and newsletters that date as far back as NERSC's founding in 1974. Bellbottoms and sideburns optional. » Read More

National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center

Computing at NERSC

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Now Computing

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

Project	Machine	CPU Cores
The Sustained Performance, Energy and Resilience Institute (SUPER) PI: Leonid Oliker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Hopper	41,472
Theory of nanostructured materials PI: Jeffrey Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Edison	23,520
Direct Numerical Simulations of Clean and Efficient Combustion with Alternative Fuels PI: Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories - California	Edison	16,392
Center for Simulation of Wave-Plasma Interactions: SciDAC Project PI: Paul T. Bonoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Edison	9,216
Development and Validation of Plasma Turbulence Models PI: Chris Holland, University of California San Diego	Hopper	7,680
Understanding of the dynamics and energetics of molecular processes in cell signaling PI: Harel Weinstein, Cornell University	Carver	256