ESnet Collaborates with Dutch SURFnet, Scandinavian NORDUnet to Create Network Research Framework
3.09.10 As the pace of global collaborations increases, scientists need to reliably exchange massive datasets between research centers. ESnet is working with SURFnet and NORDUnet to explore common methodologies for reserving end-to-end bandwidth to accelerate such data transfers. This capability is essential to provide the high speed connectivity that can support "exascale science," which requires data on the petascale and intensive computing to conduct visualization, simulation, modeling and analyses.
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Data, Carried by ESnet, Lives on at NERSC
2.26.10 Tunneled 6,800 feet underground in Canada's Vale Inco Creighton mine, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) was designed to detect neutrinos produced by fusion reactions in the Sun. Although the observatory officially "switched off" in August 2006, a copy of all the data generated for and by the experiment will live on at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC).
Berkeley Lab Receives New Grants to Research Complex Systems
2.22.10 As the world becomes increasingly dependent on complex networks, understanding how these systems operate is of paramount importance. To address this issue, researchers in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Computational Research Division (CRD) will lead two projects funded at a total of $3.5M million under a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program to study the mathematical challenges involved in improving our understanding of complex, interconnected systems such as computer networks.
A Computational Science Approach for Analyzing Culture
2.18.10 Inspired by scientists who have long used computers to transform simulations and experimental data into multi-dimensional models that can then be dissected and analyzed, a team of humanities researchers from the University of California, San Diego are applying the same techniques to analyze culture. The team calls thier new paradigm cultural analytics, and recently used NERSC systems to analyze cultural changes in Time magazine covers and Google logos.
Researchers Receive INCITE to Restore Earth's Carbon Balance 
2.10.10 As humans emit more carbon into the atmosphere than the planet's natural processes are able to remove, the Earth's carbon cycle is increasingly out of balance. In an effort to restore balance, researchers in the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Computational Research Division have received INCITE computing allocations on two of the world's most powerful supercomputers to explore the viability of carbon-neutral technologies, like nano solar cells and near-zero emission combustion devices.
Madly Mapping the Universe
2.04.10 When astrophysicist Julian Borrill came to Berkeley Lab’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) in 1997, his first project was designing computational tools for future CMB experiments, a toolbox capable of handling an expected flood of cosmic data.
A Good Match for Thermoelectrics
1.26.10 Junqiao Wu of the Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division used NERSC'S Franklin supercomputer to demonstrate that the introduction of oxygen atoms to the semiconductor zinc selenide will produce a “highly mismatched alloy” whose thermoelectric performance is substantially enhanced with no loss of electric conductivity. Thermoelectrics are promising technology for green energy production.
