Scientists turn to supercomputers for knowledge about universe

The DOE is funding the computers at the Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes which is based at the University of Chicago and uses supercomputers at the nation's weapons labs to study explosions in and on certain stars. The DOE is picking up the project's bill in the hope that the work will help the agency learn to better simulate the blasts of nuclear warheads (1 page).