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Brookhaven Lab Advances its Computational Science and Data Analysis Capabilities

Using leading-edge computer systems and participating in computing standardization groups, Brookhaven will enhance its ability to support data-driven scientific discoveries.

Engineering a More Efficient System for Harnessing Carbon Dioxide

A team from the Max-Planck-Institute (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany, by tapping the DNA synthesis expertise of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has reverse engineered a biosynthetic pathway for more effective carbon fixation.

Cori Supercomputer Now Fully Installed at Berkeley Lab

Cori, the Cray XC40 system that is the latest addition to the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center’s (NERSC) supercomputing repertoire, is now fully installed and ready to support scientific simulations and data-intensive workflows.

Supercomputer Simulations Help Develop New Approach to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

Oak Ridge National Laboratory leveraged powerful supercomputing to support research led by University of Oklahoma scientists to identify chemicals that seek out and disrupt bacterial proteins called efflux pumps, known to be a major cause of antibiotic resistance.

Ultraprecise Measurements in XXL

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, called DESI, has an ambitious goal: to scan more than 35 million galaxies in the night sky to track the expansion of our universe and the growth of its large-scale structure over the last 10 billion years. Using DESI — a project led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — scientists hope to create a 3-D map of a third of the night sky that is more accurate and precise than any other.

Brookhaven Lab to Lead Software Development Project and Partner on Data Co-Design Center for DOE's Exascale Computing Project

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Exascale Computing Project (ECP) just awarded $34 million in first-year funding to 35 software development proposals and $12 million to four co-design center proposals.

A New Way to Image Solar Cells in 3-D

Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to use optical microscopy to map thin-film solar cells in 3-D as they absorb photons.

‘Beautiful Accident’ Leads to Advances in High Pressure Materials Synthesis

Unexpected results from a neutron scattering experiment at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a new pathway for the synthesis of novel materials and also help explain the formation of complex organic structures observed in interstellar space.

X-ray Laser Gets First Real-time Snapshots of a Chemical Flipping a Biological Switch

Scientists have used the powerful X-ray laser at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to make the first snapshots of a chemical interaction between two biomolecules – one that flips an RNA “switch” that regulates production of proteins, the workhorse molecules of life.

New Catalyst for Making Methanol from Methane

A group of Brookhaven chemists have developed a catalyst for converting methane, the main component of abundant natural gas, directly to methanol at fairly low temperatures.

QMC Simulations Reveal Magnetic Properties of Titanium Oxide Material

By running computationally intensive quantum Monte Carlo simulations at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility, researchers have demonstrated the ability to accurately calculate the magnetic properties of a titanium oxide material that exhibits useful properties for renewable energy and computing technologies.

Supercomputing Award of 5.78 Billion Hours to 55 Computational Research Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced 55 projects with high potential for accelerating discovery through its Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program.