Computational Sciences & Mathematics focuses on merging high-performance computing with data-centric analysis capabilities to solve significant problems in energy, the environment, and national security. PNNL has made scientific breakthroughs and advanced frontiers in high-performance computer science, computational biology and bioinformatics, subsurface simulation modeling, and multiscale mathematics.
Scientific Process Automation Technology Makes Journal Cover
A PNNL article "Scientific Process Automation Improves Data Interaction," authored by Terence Critchlow, was selected as the cover feature for the September/October 2009 Scientific Computing
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Check Out the Fundamental & Computational Sciences Achievements for 2009
Industry relies on propylene oxide to make insulation, gaskets, adhesives, and other plastic parts, yet production processes for the chemical are expensive and often generate hazardous waste. Inordinately small particles, as tiny as a few atoms, may reduce hazardous waste, lower cost, and vastly increase efficiency, according to Dr. Stefan Vajda, internationally known chemist at Argonne National Laboratory.
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Free Web Portal Makes Finding and Sharing Basis Sets Faster, Easier
Whether it is water or hydrogen storage materials, to understand their properties, researchers want to know how electrons behave. Describing the clouds of electrons around each atom requires complex quantum calculations that require so-called basis sets.
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Check Out Advancing the Frontiers of Science Brochure
Understanding the world around us, from the behavior of subatomic particles to shifts in the global climate pattern, is vital to our nation's prosperity and security. Gaining this understanding is the job and the passion of scientists and engineers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Our scientific leaders are recognized in the United States and abroad for their accomplishments.
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EMSL's Chinook Supercomputer by HP Commissioned for Research
The newest supercomputer in town is almost 15 times faster than its predecessor and ready to take on problems in areas such as climate science, hydrogen storage and molecular chemistry.
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