News about FLASH


March 25, 2021 The Flash Center team, in collaboration with the Laboratory for Laser Energetics and the University of Oxford, have experimentally measured turbulent dynamo for the first time. The results have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
University of Rochester Newscenter


April 20, 2020 Flash Center Director Petros Tzeferacos has been awarded funding from the US Department of Energy as a part of the Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy's(AREPA-E) Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy(BETHE) program.
University of Rochester Newscenter


July 12, 2019 The Flash Center team has been awarded the 2019 Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research. Petros Tzeferacos and Donald Lamb share the prize with collaborators from the University of Oxford and the University of Rochester.
American Physical Society News


October 29, 2018 The Flash Center turns 20 and welcomes new director, Petros Tzeferacos
UChicago Division of the Physical Sciences Press Release


April 1, 2018 The Flash Center's research was featured in Physics Today: "Lab experiments mimic the origin and growth of astrophysical magnetic fields"
Physics Today - volume 71, no. 4, pg. 20 (2018)


February 12, 2018 ‘Turbulent dynamo’ may clarify universe’s magnetic mystery
Futurity Science & Technology


February 9, 2018 Astrophysicists settle century-old cosmic debate on magnetism of planets and stars
UChicago News


January 4, 2018 Computational astrophysics team uncloaks magnetic fields of cosmic events
UChicago News


December 12, 2014 Flash Center laser experiment heralded by the UK Institute of Physics as one of the top-ten physics breakthroughs of 2014...
Physics World article


June 2, 2014 Scientists create a 'SUPERNOVA' in the lab...
Daily Mail.com article


June 2, 2014 International collaboration replicates amplification of cosmic magnetic fields
University of Chicago Press Release


February 17, 2014 Chicago Innovation Exchange celebrates opening of Harper Court space with Innovation Fund recipients...
University of Chicago Press Release


November 19, 2012 Failed explosions explain most peculiar supernovae
University of Chicago Press Release


April 29, 2011 New software to support interest in extreme science
University of Chicago Press Release


October 2, 2010 The Awesome Power of Galaxy Cluster Mergers
Discovery News


July 15, 2009 University, Fermilab scientists to receive $216,000 in collaborative seed grants
University of Chicago Press Release


December 18 2008 Supercomputer time allocation to boost simulations of exploding stars
University of Chicago Press Release


August 5, 2008 Computation Institute to bulk up data analysis capability with $1.5 million grant
University of Chicago Press Release


May 1, 2008 Argonne supercomputer to simulate extreme physics of exploding stars
University of Chicago Press Release


March 22, 2007, Scientists compute death throes of a white dwarf star in 3D
University of Chicago Press Release


March 22, 2007, At last, virtual stars go kaboom on cue
NewScientist.com


January 8, 2007, Flash Center to perform grueling supernova simulations using millions of hours of supercomputer time
University of Chicago Press Release


April 30, 2004 , Computer to simulate exploding star
Universe Today


April 28, 2004 , Simulation may reveal the detailed mechanics of exploding stars
The University of Chicago video news release


April 12, 2004 , Stars surrendering secrets to supercomputers
Argonne News


February 19, 2004 , Simulation may reveal the detailed mechanics of exploding stars
The University of Chicago Chronicle


December 2002 , The Complexity Complex
The University of Chicago Magazine


November 21, 2002 , Flash Center building simulation computer code, validating results
The University of Chicago Chronicle


January 4, 2001 , Flash Center team receives top prize for massive supercomputing simulation, the Gordon Bell prize
The University of Chicago Chronicle


June 5, 2000 , press release on the Helium Detonation Simulations


October 1, 1998 , Secretary of Energy praises University, Argonne partnership
The University of Chicago Chronicle


September 25, 1997 , article on Flash Center grant


July 31, 1997 , Original Press Release about the awarding of this Center