Physical modeling, as a method, refers to the construction and manipulation of tangible or mathematically formalized analog systems that replicate the governing physical laws of a target system to study its behavior under controlled conditions. It typically involves explicit representation of key physical processes—such as mechanical, thermal, fluid, or electromagnetic dynamics—using scale models, analog circuits, or computational implementations of fundamental equations (e.g., differential equations derived from conservation laws). This approach enables systematic exploration of parameter spaces, validation of theoretical formulations, and prediction of system responses, often serving as an intermediate step between purely theoretical analysis and full-scale experimentation.
A research team affiliated with UNIST has reported a new simulation tool to better understand how liquid-phase chemical warfare agents (CWAs) disperse and persist in urban environments. Their findings demonstrate that certain ...
Environment
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Advanced computer models can quantify the impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, providing deep insights into things like streamflow, vegetation, wildlife and even the risk of wildfires.
Earth Sciences
Dec 28, 2025
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Thanks to their use of a unique methodology, a McGill-led research team has obtained new insights into how boulders affect snow melt in mountainous northern environments, with implications for local water resources.
Earth Sciences
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An international study presents the first global assessment of blue carbon accumulated in the living parts of seagrass plants. According to the results, their leaves, rhizomes and roots store up to 40 million tons of carbon ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 5, 2025
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One of the key steps in developing new materials is property identification, which has long relied on massive amounts of experimental data and expensive equipment, limiting research efficiency. A KAIST research team has introduced ...
General Physics
Oct 10, 2025
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Researchers have demonstrated a technique that geometrically models organic objects and creates photorealistic, three-dimensional (3D) images of those objects. These mathematically precise images can be used to engineer robotic ...
Biotechnology
Jul 29, 2025
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Researchers from the HUN-REN Center for Ecological Research have developed a novel three-dimensional modeling method that accurately quantifies how microalgae affect underwater light conditions—one of the most critical ...
Ecology
Jun 24, 2025
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Four physicists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Israel, have unraveled the mechanical process behind the growth of roses as they blossom into their unique shape. In their study published in the journal Science, ...
For the first time, a team of researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) quantified and rigorously studied the effect of metal strength on accurately modeling coupled metal/high explosive (HE) experiments, ...
General Physics
Feb 3, 2025
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Skoltech researchers have presented a new simple physical model for predicting the hardness of materials based on information about the shear modulus and equations of the state of crystal structures. The model is useful for ...
Condensed Matter
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