News tagged with numerical algorithms

A dynamical quantum simulator

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international collaboration demonstrates the superiority of a dynamical quantum simulator over state-of-the-art numerical calculations.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mathematically ranking ranking methods

In a world where everything from placement in a Google search result to World Cup eligibility depends on ranking and numerical ratings of some kind, it is becoming increasingly important to analyze the algorithms and techniques ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop virtual streams to help restore real ones

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a unique new computer model called the Virtual StreamLab, designed to help restore real streams to a healthier state. The Virtual StreamLab, which demonstrates the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Free, open-source software enables innovation with popular but tricky lab technique

(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists need to detect and analyze DNA, or traces of a bioweapon or maybe an environmental contaminant, there's a good chance they'll turn to a lab technique called electrophoresis—or one of its many ...

Chemistry /

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Optimal planning of solar power plants

The photovoltaics industry is booming, and the market for solar farms is growing quickly all over the world. Yet, the task of planning PV power plants to make them as effi cient as possible is far from trivial. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Al Qaeda suspect's porn film found to contain treasure trove of secret documents

A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist group, arrested in May last year in Germany, was found with a memory stick hidden in his underwear. Police discovered the stick contained a password-protected folder ...

Technology / Other

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (29) | comments 44 | with audio podcast report

Beyond Tupac -- the future of hologram technology

Last week the world watched on as a supposed hologram of the late rapper Tupac Shakur performed at the Coachella music festival in California.

Technology / Other

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fish larvae find the reef by orienting: The earlier the better

For the first time, a numerical study conducted by the University of Miami incorporates horizontal larval fish navigation skills into realistic 3D flow fields, creating a powerful tool that spells out how ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Getting to the root of genetics

For Manolis Kellis, a deep interest in biology arose partly from an immersion in multiple languages.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lighting up plant cells to engineer biology

Cambridge researchers have developed a new technique for measuring and mapping gene and cell activity through fluorescence in living plant tissue.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simulation software optimizes networks

By the year 2020, thousands of kilometers of new grids will be operating in Germany to permit even more extensive use of power from renewable sources. However, these new "smart grids" also come with increased complexity, ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Taming uncertainty in climate prediction

(PhysOrg.com) -- Uncertainty just became more certain. Atmospheric and computational researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used a new scientific approach called "uncertainty quantification," ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 22

Modeling the miniscule: High-resolution design of nanoscale biomolecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- A key element of both biotechnology and nanotechnology is – perhaps unsurprisingly – computational modeling. Frequently, in silico nanostructure design and simulation precedes actual ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

The world’s fastest Y-00 stream cipher transmission at 40 Gbit/sec over 120 km

Fumio Futami at Tamagawa University, Quantum ICT Research Institute, announced the world first transmission of the stream cipher by Yuen 2000 protocol (Y-00) at the bit rate of 40 Gbit/sec over 120 km.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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