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Gregory Scott Jones
Science Writer, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility and National Institute for Computational Sciences

Gregory Scott Jones is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and has covered supercomputing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for both the Department of Energy and the University of Tennessee for five years.

Recent articles by this author:

  • Hunting exoplanets with Kepler and Kraken August 29, 2012 - 4:35am
    Today's Kraken favors numbers instead of devouring sailors: This high-performance computer is managing the mountains of data streaming from NASA’s Kepler space telescope and is helping the search for Earth-like planets that orbit their stars...
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  • When worlds collide February 22, 2012 - 10:34am
    If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity’s most important life-sustaining functions. No wonder it was considered a deity by...
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  • Synchronizing Antarctic sea ice models with measurements October 19, 2011 - 9:15am
    Most researchers blame the hole in the ozone layer for the mysterious growth in Antarctic sea ice. But more detailed simulations suggest that the cause may be more complex.
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  • Exploring the magnetic personalities of stars March 30, 2011 - 2:15am
    The evolution and nature of core-collapse supernovas is one of the greatest unsolved problems in astrophysics. But not for long.
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