NSF MetaCenter Computational Science Highlights

Welcome to Computational Science Highlights

This multimedia collection contains descriptions of some of the 10,000 scientific research projects that have used the resources of National Science Foundation supercomputing centers. The reports range from astronomy to zoology, and include scientific breakthroughs on black holes, how the heart works, pollution control, and modeling the oceans. All reports have images, and many also are accompanied by animations and sound. You can find reports in two ways:

By browsing through an entire field of science, such as physics or chemistry, chosen from a list of fields (click here or click the BROWSE button on any screen).

By searching for a list of relevant reports using keywords for subject, researcher or title (click here or click the SEARCH button on any screen).

Browsing will bring you all the reports in a subject area. Searching will retrieve fewer reports on more specific subjects.

Introduction

The goal of Metacenter Science Highlights is to highlight a few examples of scientific results achieved through institutions that are Metacenter participants. Selection and preparation of materials for presentation is at the discretion of the participating institutions.

Please send any comments and suggestions to metascience@tc.cornell.edu.

Release Notes

The National MetaCenter for Computational Science and Engineering is a cooperative effort among the supercomputing centers funded by the National Science Foundation. Together, the centers offer scientists access to diverse state-of-the-art supercomputing technology, technical support and training. These resources allow scientists to attack Grand Challenge problems, some of the most socially significant and complex research questions we face today.