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A NERSC INCITE projectBridging the Gap between Climate and Weather
The distinction between climate and weather was expressed most succinctly by science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein: “Climate is what you expect; weather is what you get.” But as global warming produces more noticeable changes on a planetary scale, how do we even know what to expect in a particular region? [MORE] |
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HDF5 Workshop
A workshop for HDF5 users and developers will be held Jan 20-21 2009 at NERSC. There will be a day of information on HDF5, followed by a day of hands on HDF5 coding and tuning. [MORE]
Cosmic Data Analysis at NERSC
NERSC will be home to the U.S. Planck team's data analysis operations, adding to the dozen or so Cosmic Microwave Background experiments that use NERSC resources. [MORE]
2009 Awards
DOE has allocated 146.5 million Cray XT4-based hours to NERSC projects, and 14 million hours remain in reserves. On the HPSS side, 40 million Storage Resource Units have been allocated, and 10 million remain in reserve. [MORE]
Seven INCITE project have been awarded more than 17 million hours at NERSC. [MORE]
Three NEH awards at NERSC
Three projects have received awards at NERSC under the NEH/DOE Humanities High Performance Computing program. [MORE]
Now Computing
A small sample of computations taking place on NERSC supercomputers right now.| Project | Machine | Processors |
|---|---|---|
| Physics of bottom baryons in lattice QCD | Franklin | 4,000 |
| Computational Materials Theory | Franklin | 2,414 |
| Applied Partial Differential Equations Center | Franklin | 2,048 |
| Quantum Chromodynamics with three flavors of dynamical quarks | Franklin | 512 |
| Lattice Gauge Theory Simulations | Bassi | 96 |
| Hydrocarbons in plasma | Jacquard | 64 |
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Spontaneous Supperlattice
Ab initio calculations and modeling contribute to the discovery of a new way to fabricate striped nanorods
Superlatticed or “striped” nanorods — crystalline materials only a few molecules in thickness and made up of two or more semiconductors — are highly valued for their potential to serve in a variety of nanodevices, including transistors, biochemical sensors, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Until now the potential of superlatticed nanorods has been limited by the relatively expensive and exacting process required to make them. That paradigm may be shifting. A team of researchers from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley has found a way to make striped nanorods in a colloid — a suspension of particles in solution.
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