Science as Art Competition to Honor Beauty in Discovery

To celebrate 50 years of beauty in discovery, users are invited to enter the NERSC 50th Anniversary Science as Art Competition. » Read More

Hunting for 'Cracks' in Physics' Standard Model

Sometimes the absence of a surprise moves science forward. » Read More

Boosting Carbon-Negative Building Materials

Locking greenhouse gases into building materials could store them safely for many years. Researchers using NERSC resources are advancing the science behind this idea. » Read More

Getting a Peek Into Ice Giants

Scientists are using NERSC's Perlmutter supercomputer to study the interior chemistry of ice giant planets like our solar system's Neptune. » 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

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Some Scientific Computing Now in Progress at NERSC

Project	System	Nodes
Joint Genome Institute - Production Sequencing and Genomics Biological & Environmental Research PI: Kjiersten Fagnan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Joint Genome Institute (JGI)	perlmutter	1
Detector Simulation of the ATLAS Detector on NERSC HPCs High Energy Physics PI: Paolo Calafiura, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	perlmutter	1
The Materials Genome Basic Energy Sciences PI: Kristin Ceder-Persson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	perlmutter	1
National Microbiome Data Collaborative Biological & Environmental Research PI: Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Joint Genome Institute (JGI)	perlmutter	1
Proactive Data Containers for Exascale Storage Systems PI: Suren Byna, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	perlmutter	1