News tagged with simulation technology

How quantum physics could make 'The Matrix' more efficient

Researchers have discovered a new way in which computers based on quantum physics could beat the performance of classical computers. The work, by researchers based in Singapore and the UK, implies that a Matrix-like ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Dance like a neutrino: Quantum scheme to simulate neutrino oscillations

The behaviour of some of the most elusive particles in the known universe can be simulated using three atoms in a lab, researchers at the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore have ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

World's fastest simulation technology able to faithfully reproduce CPU operations

Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced that it has developed the world's fastest simulation technology for systems using the ARM computing core, widely used in mobile phones and other electronic devices. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Computer simulations suggest graphynes may be even more useful than graphene

(PhysOrg.com) -- The past several years have seen a virtual explosion in the amount of research dedicated to graphene and as a result there has been a nearly constant stream of news pertaining to new discoveries ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 26 | with audio podcast report

Simulating firefighting operations on a PC

Firefighters often put their lives at risk during operations, so it is essential they have reliable tools to help them do their job. Now, a modular simulation kit is set to help develop new information and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World record in 3d-imaging of porous rocks

A team of physicists headed by Prof. Rudolf Hilfer at the Institute for Computational Physics (ICP) of the University of Stuttgart has established a world record in the field of three-dimensional imaging of porous materials. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Simulating turbulent combustion speeds design

Air and fuel mix violently during turbulent combustion. The ferocious mixing needed to ignite fuel and sustain its burning is governed by the same fluid dynamics equations that depict smoke swirling lazily ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers build time machine to visually explore space and time

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have leveraged the latest browser technology to create GigaPan Time Machine, a system that enables viewers to explore gigapixel-scale, high-resolution videos ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers 'recalculate' efficiency paradigm for thin film solar panels

In recent years, developers have been investigating light-harvesting thin film solar panels made from nanotechnology -- and promoting efficiency metrics to make the technology marketable. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

UW-Madison on the map for driving research with new simulator

There's only one place in Wisconsin where a driver can send text messages, speed or engage in other risky behaviors with no risk of an accident: the new University of Wisconsin-Madison Driving Simulation Laboratory.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New perspective in the CAVE with 3-D computer-assisted virtual environment

Hollywood movie studios aren't the only ones embracing 3-D technology. Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory and the Center for Advanced Energy Studies are using a new 3-D computer-assisted virtual environment ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New center to create models, simulations to improve solar cells

Purdue University will lead a new research center to improve photovoltaic solar cells as part of a national effort to bring alternative energy technologies to the marketplace.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A special kind of flight training

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of flight simulators will attempt to make air traffic safer.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New software to simulate future financial crises

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can economics better predict how banks will react to future credit crunches and their impact on the wider economy? Breakthrough simulation software by European researchers could hold the answers ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rocket science leads to new whale discovery

Rocket science is opening new doors to understanding how sounds associated with Navy sonar might affect the hearing of a marine mammal - or if they hear it at all.

Biology / Other

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