Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2010. U.S Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the largest ever awards of the Department’s supercomputing time to 57 innovative research projects – using computer simulations to perform virtual experiments that in most cases would be impossible or impractical in the natural world. Utilizing two world-leading supercomputers with a computational capacity roughly equal to 135,000 quad-core laptops, the research could, for example, help speed the development of more efficient solar cells, improvements in biofuel production, or more effective medications to help slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
