Posts Tagged ‘computer simulations’
Free software models how humans move
STANFORD (US) — An open source software application modeling human motion is helping medical professionals and bioengineers study, diagnose, and correct abnormalities in how people move. Continue…
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 7:00 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Sep 22, 2011 13:57 - 2 Comments
Black hole crashes into star: Dark matter?
PRINCETON / NYU (US) — Scientists looking for evidence of dark matter are studying the results of simulated collisions between stars and black holes. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 12, 2011 10:02 - 0 Comments
Black hole smash-ups eject ‘doughnuts’
CALTECH / CORNELL (US) — Physicists now have a way to visualize how space and time warp when black holes slam into each other. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 31, 2011 14:17 - 1 Comment
Warm water brings ‘brrr!’ to NYC
CALTECH (US) — Why is winter in New York City typically colder than winter in Porto, Portugal—after all, they have similar latitudes? Researchers say warm water is to blame. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 19, 2011 12:15 - 0 Comments
Robotic fish maneuvers with ribbon fin
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Inspired by the Amazon’s knifefish, engineers have designed a robotic fish that can move from swimming forward and backward to swimming vertically almost instantaneously. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 4, 2011 13:25 - 0 Comments
3-D steps up to decode mobility
STANFORD (US) — Researchers are using computer-generated 3-D simulations of how humans move to improve the lives of people with limited mobility. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 28, 2010 17:27 - 0 Comments
Why medicine hearts math
EMORY (US) — “The love between math and medicine goes back a long time,” says mathematician Alessandro Veneziani. Recent advances in computer imaging have brought the two even closer. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 17, 2010 10:47 - 0 Comments
Simulations show supernova explode in 3-D
PRINCETON (US)— New simulations created with supercomputers reveal supernovae exploding in 3-D. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 7, 2010 9:58 - 0 Comments
Computer simulates super-fast protein fold
RICE (US)—A computer program is allowing researchers to accurately simulate protein folding dramatically faster than previous methods. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 9, 2010 15:08 - 0 Comments
Using supercomputers to clean up coal
STANFORD / U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—Pollution control devices known as scrubbers, installed to restrict the amount of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide release from coal-fired power plants, may have helped to reduce acid rain, but they haven’t made those plants safe. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 2, 2010 21:00 - 1 Comment
For fish, body form follows function
U. MINNESOTA (US)—The water movements generated by fish as they swim could have a hand in shaping the form of their bodies and their swimming style. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 3, 2010 12:55 - 0 Comments
Simulated galaxies resemble real ones
WASHINGTON (US)—Using millions of hours on supercomputers, researchers have run simulations of galaxy formation and produced dwarf galaxies very much like those observed today by satellites and large telescopes around the world. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 28, 2010 14:27 - 0 Comments
Nuclear core reaction in graphic detail
U. CHICAGO (US)—A new computer algorithm allows scientists to view nuclear fission in much finer detail than ever before. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 13, 2010 10:58 - 5 Comments
So, why is the Milky Way a barred spiral?
CALTECH (US)—For the first time, two astronomers have explained the diversity of galaxy shapes seen in the universe. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 14, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
‘Kissing’ tetrahedra break world record
“We wanted to know this: What’s the densest way to pack space?” says Salvatore Torquato. “It’s a notoriously difficult problem to solve, and it involves complex objects that, at the time, we simply did not know how to handle.” (Courtesy: Torquato Laboratory)
Science & Technology - Jul 17, 2009 10:39 - 1 Comment
Twinkle, twinkle: Early stars came in pairs
This computer-simulated image shows the formation of two high density regions (yellow) in the early universe. The cores are expected to evolve into a binary—or ‘twin’—star system. (Courtesy: Ralf Kaehler, Matthew Turk, and Tom Abel)
