TechAndComputer (Aug. 15, 2012) Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and their colleagues at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) have invented a new computational approach that can accurately follow the birth and evolution of thousands of galaxies over billions of years. For the first time it is now possible to build a universe from scratch that brims with galaxies like we observe around us. Share This: See Also: Space & TimeAstrophysicsCosmologyGalaxiesComputers & MathComputer ModelingDistributed ComputingComputational BiologyReference SupergiantGalaxy formation and evolutionBarred spiral galaxyBlue supergiant star
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Recreating a slice of the universe: Computational approach follows thousands of galaxies over billions of years
- 15 August 2012
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How computation can predict group conflict: Fighting among captive pigtailed macaques provides clues
- 13 August 2012
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TechAndComputer (Aug. 13, 2012) When conflict breaks out in social groups, individuals make strategic decisions about how to behave based on their understanding of alliances and feuds in the group. Share This: See Also: Mind & BrainMemoryIntelligencePlants & AnimalsNew SpeciesMonkeysComputers & MathComputer ModelingInformation TechnologyScience & SocietyConflictRacial DisparityReference Sensory neuronFunctional neuroimagingMemory biasList of...
Wind farms: A danger to ultra-light aircraft?
- 13 August 2012
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TechAndComputer (Aug. 13, 2012) Airfields for ultra-light aircraft are typically constructed on level ground -- and so are wind farms. However, do wind power plants generate turbulence that could endanger lightweight planes? A simulation can compute how these power plants influence aircraft at various wind speeds and wind directions. Share This: See Also: Matter & EnergyWind EnergyAviationEarth & ClimateRenewable EnergyEnergy and the EnvironmentComputers...
Tracking fruit flies to understand the function of the nervous system
- 09 August 2012
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TechAndComputer (Aug. 9, 2012) Researchers at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain have designed open source software that allows tracking the position of Drosophila fruit flies as well as their larvae during behavioral experiments. Share This: See Also: Health & MedicineDisabilityToday's HealthcareMind & BrainEducational PsychologyLanguage AcquisitionComputers &...
Molecular economics: New computer models calculate systems-wide costs of gene expression
- 08 August 2012
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TechAndComputer (Aug. 7, 2012) Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a method of modeling, simultaneously, an organism's metabolism and its underlying gene expression. In the emerging field of systems biology, scientists model cellular behavior in order to understand how processes such as metabolism and gene expression relate to one another and bring about certain characteristics in the larger organism. Share This: See Also: Plants...