Oak Ridge National Laboratory is home to Titan, the world’s most powerful supercomputer for open science with a theoretical peak performance exceeding 20 petaflops (quadrillion calculations per second). That kind of computational capability—almost unimaginable—is on par with each of the… Read More ›
Department of Energy
Scientists create a virus that reproduces
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY It is the stuff of science fiction and bioethical debates: The creation of artificial life. Up until now, it’s largely been just that. But an important technical bridge towards the creation of such life was… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 