Science and Technology Review January/February 2012

Technical Report · Tue Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1034514· OSTI ID:1034514

Nikolic, R J

This month's issue has the following articles: (1) Dawn of a New Era of Scientific Discovery - Commentary by Edward I. Moses; (2) At the Frontiers of Fundamental Science Research - Collaborators from national laboratories, universities, and international organizations are using the National Ignition Facility to probe key fundamental science questions; (3) Livermore Responds to Crisis in Post-Earthquake Japan - More than 70 Laboratory scientists provided round-the-clock expertise in radionuclide analysis and atmospheric dispersion modeling as part of the nation's support to Japan following the March 2011 earthquake and nuclear accident; (4) A Comprehensive Resource for Modeling, Simulation, and Experiments - A new Web-based resource called MIDAS is a central repository for material properties, experimental data, and computer models; and (5) Finding Data Needles in Gigabit Haystacks - Livermore computer scientists have developed a novel computer architecture based on 'persistent' memory to ease data-intensive computations.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 1034514
• Report Number(s): UCRL-TR-52000-12-1/2; TRN: US1200874
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
EARTHQUAKES
INTERNET
JAPAN
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
MEMORY MANAGEMENT
RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
SIMULATION
US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY