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

Got What it Takes to be a Grace Hopper Postdoctoral Fellow?

Applications are now open. » 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

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Now Computing

Some of the science now being computed at NERSC

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Project	System	Nodes
Reducing Uncertainties in Biogeochemical Interactions through Synthesis and Computation (RUBISCO) Biological & Environmental Research PI: Forrest Hoffman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	perlmutter	432
Exabiome science Biological & Environmental Research PI: Kurt LaButti, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Joint Genome Institute (JGI)	perlmutter	365
Lattice QCD Monte Carlo Calculation of Hadronic Structure and Spectroscopy Nuclear Physics PI: Keh-Fei Liu, University of Kentucky	perlmutter	256
The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon High Energy Physics PI: Aida El-Khadra, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	perlmutter	216
Mapping the Signatures of Shock Breakout Nuclear Physics PI: David Vartanyan, University of California Berkeley	perlmutter	144
Direct Numerical Simulations of Reactive Flow under Intense Sheared Turbulence and Nonequilibrium Conditions Basic Energy Sciences PI: Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories - California	perlmutter	128