OpenMC code drives innovation in nuclear and fusion research Science Optimized to run on ALCF’s Aurora exascale system, OpenMC enables researchers to simulate entire fission reactors and fusion devices with unprecedented detail. ALCF INCITE GPU Hackathon: Apply by Jan. 31 ALCF Training Join us April 28-30 for the 2026 ALCF GPU Hackathon to collaborate with staff experts, optimize your HPC and AI applications on Aurora and Polaris, and strengthen your INCITE or ALCC proposal. The deadline to apply is January 31, 2026. Aurora News Aurora Science and User News 2025 Office of Science Year in Review: Advances in Discovery Science Department of Energy Scholars Achieve Groundbreaking Calculations of Luminous Black Hole Accretion Institue for Advanced Study Argonne’s Aurora Supercomputer Enables Trillion-Atom Light–Matter Simulations HPCwire Building AI Foundation Models to Accelerate the Discovery of New Battery Materials HPCwire Learn More About Aurora AI Program for EXploration (APEX) Call for Proposals The ALCF is now seeking proposals for APEX, a new collaboration and development program designed to fast-track novel applications of AI in science. Selected projects will receive access to ALCF's HPC and AI resources, as well as staff support and an ALCF-funded postdoctoral researcher. Argonne at HPCAsia 2026 HPC Conference From January 26–29, Argonne researchers will contribute to talks, workshops, and tutorials at HPCAsia 2026, sharing advances in AI, applications, software sustainability, and emerging HPC technologies. Cosmological Hydrodynamics at Exascale Webinar Join us on January 28 for a webinar exploring how exascale computing is enabling researchers to simulate complex cosmological structures at unprecedented scale and fidelity. ALCC call open through January 26, 2026 Call for Proposals The ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge is now seeking proposals for access to DOE supercomputers — Aurora, Polaris, Frontier, and Perlmutter — for the 2026–2027 allocation year.