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OLCF’s 2025 in review

In 2025, high-performance computing and rapid advances in artificial intelligence pushed the boundaries of scientific discovery, accelerating progress across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Deep collaborations among leading academic, industrial, and government partners fueled major breakthroughs in areas such as simulating cellular machinery, accelerating AI, integrating quantum and classical computing…
Angela Gosnell
December 22, 2025
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Journey to the Center of a Neutron Star

For astrophysicists, neutron stars stand out as objects of irresistible fascination — perhaps, in part, because of how difficult they are to decipher. But calculations conducted on the Frontier supercomputer, located at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have revealed new clues about the inner workings of neutron…
Coury Turczyn
June 2, 2025
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Reaching Remarkable States of Matter with Laser Simulations

With the help of supercomputers, scientists are getting a better idea of how to study some of the strongest electromagnetic fields in the universe. Scientists aim to use high-power lasers to blast different materials and study the interplay between light and matter. Quantum electrodynamics (QED) is the study of how…
Rachel McDowell
September 10, 2021