Science and Technology Review December 2011

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1035278· OSTI ID:1035278

Nikolic, R J

This month's issue has the following articles: (1) High-Performance Computing for Energy Innovation - Commentary by Tomas Diaz de la Rubia; (2) Simulating the Next Generation of Energy Technologies - Projects using high-performance computing demonstrate Livermore's computational horsepower and improve the quality of energy solutions and the speed of deployment; (3) ARC Comes into Focus - The Advanced Radiographic Capability, a petawatt-class laser, can penetrate dense objects to reveal material dynamics during National Ignition Facility experiments; (4) A New Method to Track Viral Evolution - A sensitive technique developed at the Laboratory can identify virus mutations that may jump from host to host; and (5) Data for Defense: New Software Finds It Fast - Department of Defense warfighters and planners are using Livermore software systems to extract pertinent information from massive amounts of data.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 1035278
• Report Number(s): UCRL-TR-52000-11-12; TRN: US1201128
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ENERGY
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
LASERS
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
MUTATIONS
PETAWATT POWER RANGE
US DOD
US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY
VIRUSES