http://www.pnnl.gov/science/ Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss suraiya.farukhi@pnnl.gov christine.sharp@pnnl.gov http://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1461Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), Data Crosscutting Requirements is a report resulting from the ASCR-sponsored workshop held in April 2013 to assess data requirements associated with DOE-sponsored scientific facilities and large-scale experiments. ]]>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=14522013 Key Scientific Accomplishments report is now available as a downloadable PDF. This 32-page full-color brochure highlights some of the year's most noteworthy achievements by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists, all of which have impacted science and some of the most important global challenges in energy, security, and environmental sustainability. ]]>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1451Results: Large-scale computing has become a necessity for solving the nation's most intractable problems. Due to their sheer number of cores, high-end computers increasingly exhibit intermittently incorrect behaviors—referred to as "soft errors"—placing the validity of simulation results at risk. A team of scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory investigated the impact of soft errors on a full optimization algorithm. The team found that without intervention, soft errors would invalidate simulations in a significant fraction of all cases. They also found that 95% of the soft errors can be corrected. ]]>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1434Results: Working as part of a collaborative team, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is bringing its signature capability in ultra-low-level detection to help search for a rare form of radioactive decay—never before detected—called “neutrinoless double beta decay” (0νββ) in germanium (⁷⁶Ge). If observed, 0νββ would demonstrate neutrinos are Majorana-type particles. This discovery would show neutrinos are unique among fundamental particles, having a property whereby the matter and anti-matter version of this particle are indistinguishable. Scientists from PNNL, in cooperation with nineteen other collaborating institutions, are developing the necessary equipment to detect and measure the properties of these rare particles. Ultrapure electroformed copper created in the Shallow Underground Laboratory at PNNL and the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) is key to the success of the detection technology. ]]>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1425Dr. Bora Akyol was named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Senior Member, the highest grade for IEEE members. To achieve the upgrade, Bora demonstrated significant performance in his scientific field, earning recognition from his peers for technical and professional excellence. ]]>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1414Ronald Taylor, a staff scientist in CSMD's Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Group whose research often focuses on systems biology and bioinformatics, was accepted and attended a Gordon Research Conference examining synthetic biology. ]]>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1393Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, focusing on "Domain-Specific Languages and High-Level Frameworks for High-Performance Computing." ]]>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1395Early Career Research Program. ]]>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1366the stories of these, and many more, women in STEM can inspire others as they think about the future. Only 24% of the STEM workforce is female, an alarming gap as over 51% of the workforce overall is female." ]]>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1317Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 PST