Science Vignettes
World's first 3-D Simulations of Superluminous Supernovae
April 20, 2020
For the first time ever, an international team of astrophysicists simulated the three-dimensional (3-D) physics of superluminous supernovae — which are about a hundred times more luminous than typical supernovae. They achieved this milestone using Berkeley Lab's CASTRO code and supercomputers at NERSC.
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Designing Materials with Tunable Electrical and Magnetic Behaviors
April 13, 2020
For the first time, the coupling of magnetic spins and atomic dynamics has been fully described in hexagonal iron sulfide (h-FeS), explaining the origin of its fascinating coexistence of metal-insulator, structural, and magnetic transitions.
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