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ALCC Program Awards Nearly 6 Million Summit Node Hours across 31 Projects
3 years ago

ALCC Program Awards Nearly 6 Million Summit Node Hours across 31 Projects

By  •  3 years ago  •  Science

Each year, researchers are awarded computing hours at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)—a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Oak Ridge …
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Weighing up Plasma Particles
3 years ago

Weighing up Plasma Particles

By  •  3 years ago  •  Featured, Science

The sun’s energy is the result of a continuous series of nuclear fusion reactions in which ionized hydrogen in the form of plasma collides at high speeds and releases helium …
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Love-hate Relationship of Solvent and Water Leads to Better Biomass Breakup
3 years ago

Love-hate Relationship of Solvent and Water Leads to Better Biomass Breakup

By  •  3 years ago  •  Featured, Science

Media contact: Kimberly Askey, askeyka@ornl.gov, 865.576.2841

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron scattering and supercomputing to better understand how an organic solvent and water work …
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Amidst Pandemic, OLCF Hosts First Remote User Meeting
3 years ago

Amidst Pandemic, OLCF Hosts First Remote User Meeting

By  •  3 years ago  •  Events

Earlier this month, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), held …
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Developing a Quantum Community
3 years ago

Developing a Quantum Community

By  •  3 years ago  •  Events, Science

In April, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), held its …
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A New Method for Unraveling Complex Gene Interactions
3 years ago

A New Method for Unraveling Complex Gene Interactions

By  •  3 years ago  •  Featured, Science

The first step for biologists who want to develop new, more efficient biofuels is to understand the genetic underpinnings of plants that can be digested by microbes into chemical compounds. …
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2020 OLCF User Meeting: Remote Together
3 years ago

2020 OLCF User Meeting: Remote Together

By  •  3 years ago  •  Events

The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will hold its 16th annual …
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Rethinking a Century of Fluid Flows
4 years ago

Rethinking a Century of Fluid Flows

By  •  4 years ago  •  Science

In 1922, English meteorologist Lewis Fry Richardson published Weather Prediction by Numerical Analysis. This influential work included a few pages devoted to a phenomenological model that described the way that …
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“Bubbles” Demonstrates the Power of GPUs, Immersion Cooling
4 years ago

“Bubbles” Demonstrates the Power of GPUs, Immersion Cooling

By  •  4 years ago  •  People

Two high school students from Knoxville’s L&N STEM Academy spent their internships at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) developing Bubbles—a demonstration unit used to show …
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Making Room for Frontier
4 years ago

Making Room for Frontier

By  •  4 years ago  •  Technology

One of the challenges of cutting-edge equipment at a cutting-edge laboratory is that when a problem arises, the answers are never straightforward.

As the 2021 delivery date for Frontier — …
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The Last User of Titan
4 years ago

The Last User of Titan

By  •  4 years ago  •  People, Science

Titan, the groundbreaking Cray XK7 supercomputer operated by the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was officially decommissioned …
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The OLCF to Mentor Interns Competing at SC19
4 years ago

The OLCF to Mentor Interns Competing at SC19

By  •  4 years ago  •  Events, People

This year, the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will be hosting a team at the 13th Student Cluster Competition (SCC) in Denver, CO.

Developed in 2007 …
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2019 Gordon Bell Finalists Powered by Summit
4 years ago

2019 Gordon Bell Finalists Powered by Summit

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Science

It has been a little over a year since the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility, officially debuted the …
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CAAR Partnerships for Frontier Announced
4 years ago

CAAR Partnerships for Frontier Announced

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Science

In preparation for the Frontier supercomputer, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) has selected eight research projects to participate in its Center for Accelerated …
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Summer Interns Gain Hands-On Experience at Massive Scale
4 years ago

Summer Interns Gain Hands-On Experience at Massive Scale

By  •  4 years ago  •  People

Each year, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) welcomes a new group of summer interns from a wide range of backgrounds.

Through opportunities offered by …
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ALCC Program Awards 6 Million Hours on OLCF Resources
4 years ago

ALCC Program Awards 6 Million Hours on OLCF Resources

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Science

Each year, researchers are awarded computing hours at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)—a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Oak Ridge …
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