NERSCPowering Scientific Discovery for 50 Years

Congratulations to the Winners of the NERSC Science as Art Competition

With 70-plus eye-popping entries, we couldn't pick just one. » Read More

David Baker Wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry

A computational biologist and prolific user of NERSC systems, David Baker has been awarded a Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work in computational protein design. » Read More

Quantum Computing Partnership Extended

After a successful first year punctuated by strong scientific results, NERSC’s partnership with QuEra Computing has been extended. » Read More

Magnifying Deep Space Through the 'Carousel Lens'

Using the Perlmutter supercomputer, DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, researchers identified a rare and revealing gravitational lens. » Read More

Tropical Cyclones Intensify Due to Warming Atmosphere

Tropical cyclones have grown more intense near global coastal regions. A new study found that hotter air interacting with humidity and wind shear is likely the culprit. » Read More

National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center

NERSC is the mission scientific computing facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, the nation’s single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences.

Computing at NERSC

Now Computing

Some of the science now being computed at NERSC

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Project System Nodes Node Hours Used
Lattice QCD search for physics beyond the standard model
 High Energy Physics
 PI: Rajan Gupta, Los Alamos National Laboratory
perlmutter 288
A new approach to the interacting phonon problem
 Basic Energy Sciences
 PI: Chris Marianetti, Columbia University
perlmutter 256
Energy Conversion in Photosynthesis
 Basic Energy Sciences
 PI: Junko Yano, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
perlmutter 128
Atomic-scale design and characterization of sorbents for carbon capture
 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge
 PI: Jonathan Owens, GE Global Research
perlmutter 128
Relativistic quantum dynamics in the non-equilibrium regime
 Basic Energy Sciences
 PI: Albert De Prince, Florida State University
perlmutter 100
PRISMS: Integrated multiscale modeling of Mg structural alloys
 Basic Energy Sciences
 PI: Vikram Gavini, University of Michigan
perlmutter 64

Did You Know?

CTRCC = NERSC

NERSC began in 1974 as the Controlled Thermonuclear Research Computer Center (CTRCC) and it was the first center in the world to provide centralized supercomputing with network access to researchers in other locations.