NCCS Continues Outreach Success
The NCCS continues to provide quality outreach and education initiatives to the wider HPC community through programs like the High Performance Computing and Applications Conference.Full story »
ORNL's Weigand wins DOE Secretary's Achievement Honor Award
Gilbert G. Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate has received the inaugural James R. Schlesinger Award from Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman.Full story »
Potassium Channel Model Lights the Way for Simulations of Molecular Machines
Supercomputers to reveal in atomistic detail all steps from open to closed ion channelFull story »
Supercomputing Boosts Fusion Research
Physicists Ron Waltz and Jeff Candy utilize high-performance computing resources at the NCCS to figure out how to keep plasmas hot in doughnut-shaped fusion reactors. Work to simulate plasma turbulence contributes to the ITER experiment that serves as a bridge between today's plasma physics studies and tomorrow's commercial fusion power plants. Full story »
NCCS in the News 
- Petascale Computing to Advance Climate Research
Apr 18th, 2008
From the birth of HPC, climate research has had a voracious appetite for computing resources. John Drake, chief computational scientist for the Climate End Station at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ... - ORNL team wins DOE Secretary’s Achievement Honor Award
Apr 15th, 2008
Gilbert G. Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate has received the inaugural James R. Schlesinger Award from Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman. The Secretary lauded Weigand ... - New University of Tennessee Supercomputer Puts Innovation Valley at Forefront of Discovery
Apr 10th, 2008
A new $65 million supercomputer is expected to catapult the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley to the lead in the worldwide race to find new medicines, materials and answers to environmental ...
Major Win for ORNL, UT
The NSF has awarded $65 million to UT to build and operate one of the world's most powerful supercomputers and lead a nationwide partnership to put it to use.







