Pressure and flow
The first large-scale simulation of blood flow in coronary arteries enlists a realistic description of the vessels’ geometries. Researchers reported on the simulation today at the SC10 supercomputing conference in New Orleans.
2010
The wings that fly FASTER
If FASTER can be considered a jet that speeds global climate modelers to analyze fast physics processes, its wings are
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Seeing the invisible
Armed with computing power from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers are detailing the nature of dark matter surrounding a galaxy much like our own Milky Way.
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Dark matter predictions put to test
Collisions in dark matter “clumps” should produce gamma rays, but a satellite looking for them has come up empty so far.
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Parsing particle experiments
A detector suggested dark matter collisions, but no other test has seen similar signs.
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Winding path leads to fluid career
Paul Fischer can’t remember a time when he wasn’t interested in aeronautical and mechanical engineering. His passion for solving seemingly
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Nuclear predictive
Argonne National Laboratory applies mathematics and computation to engineer the next generation of nuclear reactors.
Forceful thinking
A quantum curiosity called the Casimir force gums up micro- and nanomachines. Work at MIT led by a newly minted alumnus of the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship suggests uses for the force – and ways around it.
Getting a grip on the grid
A PNNL team enlists new algorithms and powerful computers to quickly analyze which combinations of failures most threaten the power grid.
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Grids grasp at multiple threads to block blackouts
A supercomputer’s unusual qualities make it a good fit with electric system problems.
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A well-placed plug for the humble algorithm
The ceremony in the East Room of the White House, where President Obama bestowed the National Medal of Science on
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The master of Monte Carlo
Berni Alder’s Monte Carlo methods have solved problems across the scientific spectrum. Yet the Livermore-based National Medal of Science-recipient still has questions.
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Going big to study small
It takes a big computer to model very small things. And, like its namesake state, New York Blue is big.
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Putting catalysts on track
Computation and experimentation combine to improve and speed design of useful compounds.
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