Posts Tagged ‘computer model’
Bubble math shows foam evolve and pop
UC BERKELEY (US) — Using a set of linked partial differential equations, researchers explain what happens as foamy bubbles form and then disappear. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - May 13, 2013 13:31 - 0 Comments
Recon 2 predicts how metabolism misbehaves
U. VIRGINIA (US) — The largest computer model of human metabolism offers a new way to understand, and perhaps treat, conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 1, 2013 9:42 - 0 Comments
Diverse neuron ‘dream teams’ beat the rest
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Scientists have used a statistical model to evaluate the fitness of individual neurons and find which ones will make the most successful “team.” (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 21, 2013 11:30 - 2 Comments
Basketball math predicts NCAA win for Florida
GEORGIA TECH (US) — In addition to debunking basketball myths, a computerized model predicts that third-seeded Florida will be the 2013 NCAA champion. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 20, 2013 9:44 - 0 Comments
How deep carbon could pop up on Earth’s surface
UC DAVIS / JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Computer simulations of water under extreme pressure are showing geochemists how carbon might be recycled from hundreds of miles below the Earth’s surface. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 27, 2013 12:29 - 0 Comments
Tweets reveal lifestyle’s effect on health
U. ROCHESTER (US) — In addition to predicting your odds of getting sick, a new computer model can use Twitter data to gauge how factors like social status and exposure to pollution influence health. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 21, 2013 17:06 - 0 Comments
3D model changes fetal heart ‘timeline’
U. SHEFFIELD / U. LEEDS (UK) — Compared to those of other mammals, human hearts are disorganized jumbles of tissue until relatively late in pregnancy, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 18, 2013 17:35 - 1 Comment
‘Time machine’ brings back ancestor languages
UC BERKELEY (US) — A new computer program can rapidly reconstruct “proto-languages”—the linguistic ancestors from which all modern languages have evolved. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 12, 2013 11:29 - 0 Comments
‘Robot’ cells mimic blood vessel growth
RICE (US) — Computer simulations show how blood vessels regroup after stroke, and could one day help scientists control blood flow in the brains of stroke patients. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 4, 2012 14:36 - 0 Comments
Bacteria do ‘the wave’ to gobble up prey
RICE (US) — One of the world’s smallest predators, Myxococcus Xanthus, engulfs and devours other bacteria by traveling in a wave, and scientists have figured out how. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 4, 2012 11:25 - 1 Comment
Evolution took off wormy mollusks’ shells
YALE (US) — A new fossil may end a long-running debate about mollusks: Which evolved first, shelled forms like clams and snails, or their shell-less, worm-like relatives? (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 11, 2012 11:32 - 1 Comment
No lack of wind for energy, computer model shows
STANFORD (US) — If the world shifts to clean energy, wind-generated electricity will play a big role—and there is more than enough wind for that, according to new research. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 31, 2012 14:02 - 0 Comments
Computer model seeks best carbon ‘sponge’
UC BERKELEY (US) — A new computer model can identify the best molecular candidates for removing carbon dioxide, molecular nitrogen, and other greenhouse gases from power plant flues. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 29, 2012 15:23 - 0 Comments
Artificial proteins: Team predicts structures
NYU (US) — A new method can predict the structures of artificial proteins, a breakthrough that may prove valuable for developing pharmaceuticals and other chemicals. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 29, 2012 12:56 - 0 Comments
How genes ‘network’ to grow an embryo
CALTECH (US) — Biologists have created the first computational model that predicts how gene networks interact to control the growth of sea-urchin embryos. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 27, 2012 17:15 - 0 Comments
Tool predicts outcomes of HIV policies
BROWN (US) — A new computer simulation could help policymakers decide which actions to take against HIV/AIDS by modeling the possible outcomes of various interventions. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 16, 2012 12:14 - 0 Comments
From seashell colors, a snapshot of evolution
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Researchers studying 19 different sea snail species have used a new technique to model the pigmentation patterns of mollusk shells, a discovery that sheds light on how ancient nervous systems evolved. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 15, 2011 15:16 - 2 Comments
Can computers predict the next tsunami?
STANFORD (US) — Scientists have developed computational models of the earthquake and resulting tsunami that devastated Japan in 2010 in order to predict disasters of the same scale. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2011 12:04 - 2 Comments
New anti-HIV agents more potent, less toxic
YALE (US) — Researchers have discovered chemical compounds that could lead to HIV treatments that are 10 to 2,000 times more potent than drugs now on the market. (more…)
