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Aurora powers two of the largest cosmological simulations to date

Science
An Argonne team used the ALCF’s Aurora exascale supercomputer to carry out massive simulations that will help scientists investigate cosmic inflation and support the analysis of observations from DESI, SPHEREx and other major sky surveys.
Full-sky lightcones from paired exascale simulations

Scientific visualizations light up Chicago at ART on THE MART

Event
Running through Nov. 15, the new installation from Argonne and UIC takes viewers from atoms and the human body to hurricanes, black holes and the evolution of the universe, bringing simulation data to life at an extraordinary scale.
Where Data Becomes Light: The Beauty of Scientific Visualization
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Aurora supercomputer powers autonomous platform for complex chemistry simulations

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From Supercomputers to Scientific Collaborators: Argonne’s Vision for AI-Driven HPC

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ChemGraph Unlocks AI for Chemistry and Materials Science

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INCITE Program Awards Supercomputing Time to High-Impact Projects

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Exascale multiphysics simulations for liquid metal fusion blankets

Science
In work recognized as a finalist for the 2026 ACM Gordon Bell Prize, a multi-institutional team used DOE's exascale supercomputers, including ALCF's Aurora, to carry out the largest high-order multiphysics simulations of a liquid-metal fusion breeding blanket to date.
Exascale Multiphysics Simulations for Liquid Metal Fusion Blankets

How Argonne is building pathways for an AI-ready workforce

Outreach
With contributions from ALCF staff, Argonne’s AI STEM learning experiences are helping educators expand their knowledge of AI and explore ways to bring the technology into the classroom.
Paige Kinsley at Argonne's AI STEM Education Summit

SYCL Versus Everybody: Performance Difference Is a Bug

Webinar
Register to join our November 4, 2026, webinar, “SYCL Versus Everybody: Performance Difference Is a Bug,” to explore how SYCL stacks up against other programming models, including OpenMP and Kokkos, in performance comparisons.
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ALCF's DAOS storage system targets data demands of exascale science and AI

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DAOS delivers high performance across thousands of Aurora nodes to support data-intensive workloads ranging from massive simulations to AI model training.
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Scheduled Maintenance Impacting ALCF Systems: October 19 - 20

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