NERSCPowering Scientific Discovery for 50 Years

DESI Shares Largest 3D Map of the Universe Yet

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument releases data on 18.7 million galaxies, quasars, and stars — the largest dataset of its kind ever shared. » Read More

More Efficient Fusion

So-called “slow waves” waste energy in fusion reactions. Recent simulations successfully tested a new method to stop their formation. » Read More

NERSC Launches IBM Quantum Innovation Center

NERSC users can now apply to access quantum computing resources through a partnership with IBM. » Read More

AI Shows Promise for Mapping Disease Progression

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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

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
The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon
 High Energy Physics
 PI: Aida El-Khadra, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
perlmutter 384
The Structure of Light Nuclei from Lattice QCD
 Nuclear Physics
 PI: William Detmold, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
perlmutter 256
A Digital Twin for Spatiotemporal experiments
 Basic Energy Sciences
 PI: Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, Argonne National Laboratory
perlmutter 200
Interrogating Selective Metal-Adsorbate Interactions in Metal-Organic Frameworks
 Basic Energy Sciences
 PI: Jeffrey Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
perlmutter 128
Lattice QCD search for physics beyond the standard model
 High Energy Physics
 PI: Rajan Gupta, Los Alamos National Laboratory
perlmutter 128
Energy Exascale Earth System Modeling (E3SM)
 Biological & Environmental Research
 PI: Lai-Yung Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
perlmutter 128

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.