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![Inspired by the brain’s web of neurons, deep neural networks consist of thousands or millions of simple computational units. Inspired by the brain’s web of neurons, deep neural networks consist of thousands or millions of simple computational units.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/iStock_Patton.jpg?itok=-_7cCRH4)
Deep neural networks—a form of artificial intelligence—have demonstrated mastery of tasks once thought uniquely human.
![The Department of Energy’s INCITE program promotes transformational advances in science and technology through large allocations of time on state-of-the-art supercomputers. The Department of Energy’s INCITE program promotes transformational advances in science and technology through large allocations of time on state-of-the-art supercomputers.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/incite_awards_headline.png?itok=o-UFMiIC)
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced 55 projects with high potential for accelerating discovery through its Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program.
![When a neutron star forms, compression creates heat that generates neutrinos. When the star’s core collapses, a shock wave propagates around the star but stalls. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy; created by J.A. Harris. When a neutron star forms, compression creates heat that generates neutrinos. When the star’s core collapses, a shock wave propagates around the star but stalls. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy; created by J.A. Harris.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/entropy_blk.jpg?itok=H-ZXVTAa)
The Big Bang began the formation and organization of the matter that makes up ourselves and our world.
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ORNL is proud of its role in fostering the next generation of scientists and engineers. We bring in talented young researchers, team them with accomplished scientists and engineers, and put them to work at the lab’s one-of-a-kind facilities.
![Arjun Shankar Arjun Shankar](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/shankar.png?itok=qqOR_eUI)
The field of “Big Data” has exploded in the blink of an eye, growing exponentially into almost every branch of science in just a few decades.
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For some researchers, cracking the big questions can be like mining for a lone diamond under tons of solid rock.