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Shift in simulation superiority

Shift in simulation superiority

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Science and engineering are advancing rapidly in part due to ever more powerful computer simulations, yet the most advanced supercomputers require programming skills that all too few U.S. researchers possess. ...





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With stimulus aid, scientists hope to mimic nature's dynamos

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the cosmos, all celestial objects - planets, stars, galaxies and clusters of galaxies - have magnetic fields. On Earth, the magnetic field of our home planet is most easily observed in a compass where ...


Vortices created by the ANU physicists turbulence experiment

Taming 900 vortices gives plasma energy insight

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 05, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (26) | comments 0

ANU researchers have come closer to understanding how energy is retained in turbulent systems that self-organise - such as the atmosphere, the universe and plasma - after designing a simple experiment in their ...


Model Reveals How Plasma from Superstorms Affects Near-Earth Space

Model Reveals How Plasma from Superstorms Affects Near-Earth Space

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 29, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 1

NASA scientists have uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interact with Earth’s magnetosphere.


Researchers develop breakthrough technique to unlock the secret of plasmas

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 21, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 5

University of British Columbia researchers have developed a technique that brings scientists a big step closer to unlocking the secrets of the most abundant form of matter in the universe.


Plasma Power: Turning Fusion Into a Renewable Energy Source

Going With the Flow: Using Star Power to Better Understand Fusion

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego researchers are using “star” power to help ignite the field of fusion, which is being looked at as a future reliable green energy source. Under a new $5.8 million five-year grant ...


Nuclear fusion research key to advancing computer chips

Nuclear fusion research key to advancing computer chips

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are adapting the same methods used in fusion-energy research to create extremely thin plasma beams for a new class of "nanolithography" required to make future computer chips.


Laser-plasma accelerators ride on Einstein's shoulders

Laser-plasma accelerators ride on Einstein's shoulders

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (23) | comments 0

Using Einstein's theory of special relativity to speedup computer simulations, scientists have designed laser-plasma accelerators with energies of 10 billion electron volts (GeV) and beyond. These systems, ...


Panasonic Develops World's First 3D Full HD Plasma Theater System

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Panasonic has developed the world's first 3D full HD Plasma Theater System, which enables the viewing of true-to-life 3D images by using a 103-inch plasma television and a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player, distributing full high-definition ...


Virginia Tech, Naval Research Lab co-host international workshop on dusty plasma physics

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 19, 2006 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Most of the universe exists in a state called "dusty plasma". In the solar system, dusty plasma forms with the interaction of dust particles with gases and may appear as tails of comets or as planetary rings.


Tiny flares responsible for outsized heat of sun's atmosphere

Tiny Flares Responsible for Outsized Heat of Sun's Atmosphere

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar physicists at NASA have confirmed that small, sudden bursts of heat and energy, called nanoflares, cause temperatures in the thin, translucent gas of the sun's atmosphere to reach millions ...



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