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TNS Tipoffs - FERC Newsletter for Tuesday November 14, 2023 ( 5 items )  

Big flex for big science: Frontier search for lightweight, flexible alloys earns Gordon Bell Prize nomination
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers used Frontier, the world's first exascale supercomputer, to simulate a magnesium system of nearly 75,000 atoms and the National Energy Research Computing Center's Perlmutter supercomputer to simulate a quasicrystal structure, above, in a ytterbium-cadmium alloy. Credit: Vikram Gavini Researchers used the world's first exascale supercomputer to run one o  more

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and University of Toledo Sign Collaborative Research Agreement
LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Director Kim Budil and The University of Toledo President Gregory Postel sign a collaboration agreement. (Photos: Daniel Miller/The University of Toledo) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and The University of Toledo (UToledo) formalized a collaboration agreement with a signing ceremony on Wednesday, Nov.   more

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: New Commodity Supercomputing Clusters Deployed at NNSA Labs Claim Top500 Spots
LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: The debut of the National Nuclear Security Administration Commodity Technology Systems-2 (CTS-2) computing clusters Dane and Bengal on the Top500 List of the world's most powerful supercomputers brings the total of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory-sited systems on the list to 11, the most of any supercomputing center in the world. Photos by Garry McLe  more

NETL Geo-Data Infrastructure Reaches National Audiences at October Meetings
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: As a recognized leader in research data curation, collaboration and virtualization for the national decarbonization effort, NETL's geo-data infrastructure work was on display at national summits in October. The Lab's digital infrastructure and resources are invaluable in advancing decarbonization projects related to carbon capture and storage (CCS), critical mine  more

U.S. Department of Energy Invests Nearly $8.4 Million to Advance Grid-Enhancing Technologies
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability issued the following news on Nov. 13, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today selected four organizations to receive nearly $8.4 million to develop technologies that will improve grid reliability, optimize electricity infrastructure, and facilitate grid connection with renewable resources. DOE's Office of Electricity (OE) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) are  more