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
High-Order Numerics For Complex Fluid Flow
 
 PI: Robert Saye, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
perlmutter 256
Lattice QCD search for physics beyond the standard model
 High Energy Physics
 PI: Rajan Gupta, Los Alamos National Laboratory
perlmutter 128
Instabilities in relativisic plasmas
 Fusion Energy Sciences
 PI: Thomas Kluge, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
perlmutter 128
Quarkonia in Hot Medium
 Nuclear Physics
 PI: Peter Petreczky, Brookhaven National Lab
perlmutter 128
Turbulent Transport and Multiscale Gyrokinetic Simulation
 Fusion Energy Sciences
 PI: Weixing Wang, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
perlmutter 64
The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon
 High Energy Physics
 PI: Aida El-Khadra, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
perlmutter 48

Did You Know?

We Made a Cameo Appearance in the Original Movie 'Tron'

Close up of keyboard with TRON Key

A Cray-1 supercomputer at the National Magnetic Fusion Energy Computer Center (now known as NERSC) was featured in Disney’s 1982 movie “Tron.”

 

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