News tagged with computational engineering
New project aims to boost performance on every chip
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 07, 2009 |
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as part of its Architecture Aware Compiler Environment Program, has awarded Rice University $16 million to develop a new set of tools that can improve the performance ...
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Optimized inhaler mouthpiece design allows for more effective drug delivery
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Researchers have developed an optimized mouthpiece design to aid efficient drug delivery to the lungs by reducing the amount of medication wasted as it passes through the mouthpiece of an aerosol inhaler. With current inhaler ...
On the trail of rogue genetically modified pathogens
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Mar 18, 2008 |
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Bacteria can be used to engineer genetic modifications, thereby providing scientists with a tool to combat many challenges in areas from food production to drug discovery. However, this sophisticated technology can also be ...
Researchers use computational models to study fear
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 30, 2009 |
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The brain is a complex system made of billions of neurons and thousands of connections that relate to every human feeling, including one of the strongest emotions, fear. Most neurological fear studies have been rooted in ...
Computer model shows changes in brain mechanisms for cocaine addicts
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 22, 2009 |
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About 2 million Americans currently use cocaine for its temporary side-effects of euphoria, which have contributed to making it one of the most dangerous and addictive drugs in the country. Cocaine addiction, ...
Petascale climate modeling heats up
Sep 04, 2008 |
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The development of powerful supercomputers capable of analyzing decades of data in the blink of an eye mark a technological milestone capable of bringing comprehensive changes to science, medicine, engineering, and business ...
New research may save lives in suicide bombings
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Florida Institute of Technology researchers have determined that where a person is standing in a room or other location during a suicide terrorist attack can have a great bearing on survival and injuries.
Computer scientists develop model for studying arrangements of tissue networks by cell division
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Computer scientists at Harvard have developed a framework for studying the arrangement of tissue networks created by cell division across a diverse set of organisms, including fruit flies, tadpoles, and plants.
Students to Test 'Tsunami Shelters'
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Their tsunami shelters are only made out of small wooden blocks and held together by toothpaste used for glue, but they also incorporate months of study with computer-aided design, learning about engineering principles, applying ...
Kraken becomes first academic machine to achieve petaflop
Oct 08, 2009 |
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The National Institute for Computational Sciences' (NICS's) Cray XT5 supercomputer—Kraken—has been upgraded to become the first academic system to surpass a thousand trillion calculations a second, or one ...
FSU researcher using computers to hone cancer-fighting strategies
Jul 02, 2008 |
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A Florida State University faculty member who uses computational techniques to evaluate a new class of cancer-killing drugs is attracting worldwide attention from other researchers.
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