Pressure and flow

November, 2010

The first large-scale simulation of blood flow in coronary arteries enlists a realistic description of the vessels’ geometries. Researchers reported… Read More

The wings that fly FASTER

November, 2010

If FASTER can be considered a jet that speeds global climate modelers to analyze fast physics processes, its wings are… Read More

Seeing the invisible

October, 2010

Armed with computing power from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers are detailing the nature of dark matter surrounding a galaxy… Read More

Dark matter predictions put to test

October, 2010

Collisions in dark matter “clumps” should produce gamma rays, but a satellite looking for them has come up empty so… Read More

Parsing particle experiments

October, 2010

A detector suggested dark matter collisions, but no other test has seen similar signs. Read More

Winding path leads to fluid career

September, 2010

Paul Fischer can’t remember a time when he wasn’t interested in aeronautical and mechanical engineering. His passion for solving seemingly… Read More

Nuclear predictive

September, 2010

Argonne National Laboratory applies mathematics and computation to engineer the next generation of nuclear reactors. Read More

Forceful thinking

June, 2010

A quantum curiosity called the Casimir force gums up micro- and nanomachines. Work at MIT led by a newly minted… Read More

Getting a grip on the grid

June, 2010

A PNNL team enlists new algorithms and powerful computers to quickly analyze which combinations of failures most threaten the power… Read More

Grids grasp at multiple threads to block blackouts

June, 2010

A supercomputer's unusual qualities make it a good fit with electric system problems. Read More