Using powerful computer simulations, researchers from Brown University have identified a material with a higher melting point than any known substance.
Condensed Matter
Jul 27, 2015
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Quantum computers are in theory capable of simulating the interactions of molecules at a level of detail far beyond the capabilities of even the largest supercomputers today. Such simulations could revolutionize chemistry, ...
Quantum Physics
May 5, 2015
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A computational technique to analyze how water vapor condenses on a surface patterned with an array of tiny pillars has been co-developed by an A*STAR researcher. Calculations carried out using this technique reveal that ...
Soft Matter
Feb 18, 2015
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"Emergent" is a key concept in the work of Rice University theoretical physicist Andriy Nevidomskyy, and thanks to two prestigious new awards, it is also an apt description of his work.
Quantum Physics
Aug 21, 2014
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A paper summarising a 20-year study into Ordovician-Late Devonian microfauna has revealed new histological data aiding taxonomy and palaeographic reconstructions.
Archaeology
Aug 12, 2014
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Combining computational geometry, artificial intelligence, geo and ultrasound techniques, among others, scientists from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) created a device to help people with low vision ...
Engineering
May 20, 2014
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IBM inventors have received a patent for a breakthrough data encryption technique that is expected to further data privacy and strengthen cloud computing security.
Computer Sciences
Dec 24, 2013
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Our genes define us and every other living organism. They hold essential information to build and maintain an organism's cells and pass genetic traits to offspring - everything from eye and hair colour to susceptibility or ...
Biotechnology
Oct 14, 2013
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Three research organizations at the University of California, San Diego, have been awarded a multi-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to build an end-to-end cyberinfrastructure to perform real-time data-driven assessment, ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 26, 2013
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Researchers from the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), in collaboration with Fujifilm Corporation, succeeded in elucidating, on the atomic level, reaction mechanisms of the reductive decomposition and binding ...
Materials Science
Sep 18, 2013
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