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Nanodiamonds and beyond: designing carbon materials with artificial intelligence at exascale

by Argonne National Laboratory   Key Takeaways Carbon is one of nature’s most versatile elements, capable of forming materials that are stronger than steel, lighter than plastic and adaptable to countless applications. Using powerful supercomputers and artificial intelligence and drawing on expertise in multiple disciplines, Argonne scientists are learning to…
Katie Bethea
March 16, 2026
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Super Simulations for Superconducting

A study led by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) used the nation’s fastest supercomputer to close in on the answer to a central question of modern physics that could help conduct development of the next generation of energy technologies. "This is mostly…
Matt Lakin
February 18, 2022
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Team Earns Gordon Bell Prize Finalist Nomination for Simulating Carbon at Extreme Pressures and Temperatures

Are diamonds even stronger than we’ve ever imagined? Can other post-diamond phases appear when diamond is subjected to extreme pressures? A team used machine-learned descriptions of interatomic interactions on the 200-petaflop Summit supercomputer at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to model more than a…
Rachel McDowell
November 17, 2021
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Summit Helps Predict Molecular Breakups

Designing materials with certain properties is the first step to making computer chips that can store more information, superconductors that could help to solve the world’s energy problems, and drugs that work more efficiently in the human body. The transition metals in the periodic table of elements are crucial to…
Rachel McDowell
June 24, 2020