Wildfire Growth Patterns Can Now Be Simulated by Computer Models

Wildfire Growth Patterns Can Now Be Simulated by Computer Models

Researchers say the tool may save lives during long-term wildfires

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 3rd, 2012
Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on Food Supplies

Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on Food Supplies

Researchers embark on a massive study of highly-complex data

Removing CO2 from the Atmosphere May Soon Clean Our Air

Removing CO2 from the Atmosphere May Soon Clean Our Air

Experts are assessing new materials for carbon capture and storage

Entropy Can Be Harnessed for Assembling Nanoparticles

Entropy Can Be Harnessed for Assembling Nanoparticles

The phenomenon can force the particles into ordered structures

Nuclear Bomb Explosions Simulated at Molecular Scales

Nuclear Bomb Explosions Simulated at Molecular Scales

International treaties make such modeling efforts indispensable

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 30th, 2012
Neptune's Moon Triton May Have a Liquid Ocean

Neptune's Moon Triton May Have a Liquid Ocean

This may be the most distant ocean in the solar system

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 11th, 2012
First Complete Model of a Fault Line Created

First Complete Model of a Fault Line Created

The dataset only covers a small portion of an active fault line

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 17th, 2012
Understanding Galactic Mergers Made Easy by New Models

Understanding Galactic Mergers Made Easy by New Models

Researchers develop new computer simulations for these phenomena

Modern Fish Shapes Are the Best to Evolve Yet

Modern Fish Shapes Are the Best to Evolve Yet

They represent the optimal combination of speed and efficiency

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 26th, 2012
Average Temperatures May Increase by 3ºC by 2050

Average Temperatures May Increase by 3ºC by 2050

Global warming occurs significantly faster than previously thought

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 2nd, 2012
Thermonuclear Burning Phases of Neutron Stars Detected

Thermonuclear Burning Phases of Neutron Stars Detected

The study was conducted by an international collaboration of researchers

Tyrannosaurs Rex Had the Strongest Bite Ever Recorded

Tyrannosaurs Rex Had the Strongest Bite Ever Recorded

Computer simulation reveals the behemoth's true strength

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 20th, 2012
Obstacle Preventing Ecosystem Modeling Removed by New Study

Obstacle Preventing Ecosystem Modeling Removed by New Study

Investigators manage to solve apparent paradox preventing advancements in this field

Designing Aromas Gets Easier with MIT Algorithms

Designing Aromas Gets Easier with MIT Algorithms

Researchers develop mathematical models for producing new aromas

Computer Model That Simulates Crowd Behavior Precisely Created

Computer Model That Simulates Crowd Behavior Precisely Created

Investigators say that it could be used to prevent disease outbreaks

How Supernovae Look Like in Binary Systems

How Supernovae Look Like in Binary Systems

This particular rendition shows a blue star and a red super-giant

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 25th, 2011
Exorings Could Soon Be Detected Around Exoplanets

Exorings Could Soon Be Detected Around Exoplanets

The features have largely gone unnoticed by astronomers thus far

 
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