Titan Helps Scientists Fine-Tune Laser Interactions to Advance Cancer Treatments

Science

Titan Helps Scientists Fine-Tune Laser Interactions to Advance Cancer Treatments

Along with surgery and chemotherapy, radiation therapy is one of the most widely accepted forms of cancer therapy today. Current radiation beams for cancer treatments employ photons (light particles), positively charged protons, or negatively charged electrons to target tumors in the body. Doctors have used radiation therapy to treat cancer…

Rachel McDowellJuly 17, 2018

Science

Titan Targets Tumors

Researchers at the German research laboratory Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf are using Titan to understand and control new methods for particle acceleration that could have big impacts on laser-driven tumor removal.

Eric GedenkJanuary 26, 2016

Technology

Accelerators Workshop Informs Attendees about Innovative Hardware and Methods

ORNL and the University of Tennessee's Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS) hosted a workshop, Electronic Structure Calculation Methods on Accelerators, at ORNL February 5-8 to bring together researchers, computational scientists, and industry developers.

OLCF Staff WriterMarch 30, 2012

Accelerators