Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility

Lessons from the Past

A team of researchers ran transient, or continuous, simulations on an ORNL supercomputer over three years to create the first physics-based test of hemispheric deglaciation, work that was recently featured in Nature.

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ORNL’s EVEREST Upgraded

January 24, 2013 - 9:19 pm

Sea-Level Rise Will Continue Even with Aggressive Emission Mitigation

January 24, 2013 - 7:50 pm

ORNL Supercomputer Named World’s Most Powerful

November 12, 2012 - 10:15 am

Science

Platinum vs Nickel: Battle of the Biomass Catalysts

[December 18, 2012 | 4:27 pm]

A project led by Amra Peles of UTRC is pushing the limits of lower-cost, genuinely renewable hydrogen production and use for fuel cells.

Technology

Superfast Titan, Superfast Network

[December 17, 2012 | 4:29 pm]

The new Energy Sciences Network (ESnet5) will boost ORNL’s connection speed from 10 to a screamingly fast 100 gigabits per second.

People

ORNL Continues Strong Leadership Tradition at 2012 Supercomputing Conference

[January 29, 2013 | 8:03 pm]

ORNL made a splash at November’s SC12 supercomputing conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, demonstrating the lab’s high-performance computing achievements over the past year.