Archive of past stories
Burning questions (April 16, 2007)
Powerful computers are simulating how turbulence enhances – or retards –
combustion in clean, efficient engines. A grant of 2.5 million processor hours
from the Department of Energy’s INCITE program made the model possible.
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From deep freeze to furnace (June 4, 2007)
A researcher is modeling what happens when hydrogen pellets frozen
to near absolute zero are shot into a plasma more than six times hotter
than the sun. What he’s learning could help lead to
clean, abundant energy.
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Oil crisis stalled cars, but jump-started a
supercomputing revolution
(July 31, 2007)
The oil embargo of 1973 forever changed the way Americans
think about energy – and it altered the path of
scientific research. Alvin Trivelpiece had a lot to do with
that change.
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