For the first time in 27 years, U.S. produces plutonium-238 to power space missions After a 27-year gap, the U.S. Department of Energy has resumed producing plutonium-238, the radioactive fuel that powers NASA’s Curiosity… Read More
Cray debuts Titan, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers The latest creation from Seattle-based Cray has a new name, a new update and possibly a new title: fastest supercomputer… Read More
‘Olympus’ supercomputer targets energy breakthroughs, with help from some water The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., now has its own supercomputer, named Olympus, after the… Read More
