UC San Diego faculty receive funding from von Liebig Center to commercialize academic research
...nterface to common industry formats, linking it to simulation tools, and filing for appropriate intellectual property rights. George Varghese, Professor "NetControl: Setting the Internet on AutoPilot" $50,000 As the Internet expands, it is taking more and more time to oversee the networking technology that link...Seeking a mechanical solution to nation's number-one children's illness
...e precise manner. After researchers run a computer simulation on their model, says Ghadiali, they do a correspon...e lab to see how closely their results match. If a simulation faithfully reproduces the experiments, the model on which it is based can be used in other tests. On...Using soils as filters to prevent 'crypto' from moving to the groundwater
...ansported via preferential flow to groundwater. A simulation model was developed on the basis of an existing preferential flow model. Column experiments with sandy and undisturbed structured soils were performed. Calf manure with cryptosporidiosis was applied to the columns soil surface, followed by rain. Chlo...JCI table of contents, March 1 2004
...tions that remain about these conditions. TITLE: A simulation study of the effects of cardiac anatomy in ventricular fibrillation AUTHOR CONTACT: Alan Garfinkel University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. Phone: 310-794-7214 Fax: 310-206-9133 E-mail: agarfinkel@mednet.ucla.edu View the...Researchers discover 1.2 million new genes in Sargasso Sea microbes
...logy and the development of sophisticated computer simulation and modeling tools to understand biological systems. Thus, the Genomics: GTL program will also depend on the department's leadership in high performance computing to build the computational infrastructure needed for the new biology of Genomics: GT......st at Brookhaven. This would reduce the time for a simulation from approximately 20 years to 1 week. "The computer analyzes the forces of attraction and repulsion between atoms, depending on their positions, distances, and angles. It shuffles through all the possible arrangements to arrive at the most sta...Scientists seek cause for what makes good cell go bad
...chers also reproduced its components in a computer simulation and obtained the same results. In future studies, the team will apply similar approaches to characterize the molecular origin of cell fate variability in higher organisms. Cluzel and his research team display a wide range of scientific training. Cluz...Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prizes 2004
...ped a computer program called GADGET, which uses a simulation method to compute the formation of galaxies. This new method of calculation is not only significantly faster than previous simulations, it also takes into consideration such factors as galactic winds and the formation of stars. GADGET is now used for...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2004
...ction motor drive and the compressor drive, said a simulation study has confirmed the benefits of the integrated inverter drive. A proof-of-concept setup is being assembled and laboratory testing will follow. Funding for the Engineering Science and Technology Division project is provided by the Department of En...Keck Futures Initiative announces grant recipients
...development of hardware acceleration of stochastic simulation with a long term vision of continued simulation, speed increases as an automatic consequence of the Moore's law advance of the semiconductor industry; and the extension of the frequency domain analysis approach to address fundamental issues in the pr...Researchers awarded $2 million to create high-tech tools for fighting wildfires
...st, running a model on a computer meant starting a simulation and then waiting for the results. It is time to change the way scientific modeling is done. In a movie, you may see a computer on a starship, and the computer takes into consideration new information as soon as it comes," Mandel said. "This is how c...Rensselaer receives NIH grant to develop virtual surgery simulator
...e the realism of existing training by adding touch simulation and upgraded graphics. Minimally invasive surgery...his could become the de facto standard in surgical simulation technology," De said. After developing a successful prototype for minimally invasive surgery, De ho...DFG establishes first German-Sino Research Training Group
...physics, working with the most progressive design, simulation and analysis tools. In "Medial Historiographies", one of the newly established Research Training Groups in Germany, researchers at the Bauhaus University of Weimar and the universities of Erfurt and Jena will examine the relationship between history ...Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop DOE leadership-class computing capability for science
...y the Tennessee Valley [DoE3] Authority. Computer simulation is now a major force for discovery in its own righ...s of equations to a new regime in which scientific simulation enables us to obtain scientific results and achieve discovery in the same way that experiment and th...Tufts University groundbreaking research on caterpillar locomotion
... will begin to design a physics-based computerized simulation model of the locomotion, and it hopes to have an operating prototype ready next year. "We need to solve the artificial muscle problem first, currently there are no good soft actuators (motors) available," according to Trimmer. "Professor Trimmer is ...Scientists discover secret of dolphin speed
...of Technology in Japan devised a detailed computer simulation which models the flow of water over a dolphin's skin, modelling every individual flake of skin itself, and the way it peels off. Professor Yoshimichi Hagiwara and colleagues found that the 'softness' or 'waviness' of the skin helps reduce drag caused...Staying on the path - One atom at a time
...ells. In addition to biological applications, the simulation will helpresearchers develop new materials by revealing better ways tocraft porous substances. By understanding the properties ofthese types of materials, researchers can enhance conductivity inbatteries, flow paths in filters and numerous other per...Carnegie Mellon computational biologist Russell Schwartz receives prestigious CAREER award
...artz hopes to develop a more complete and accurate simulation of complex cell systems. Schwartz plans to apply this model to study how viruses assemble inside infected cells. This research will lead to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that control chemical reactions on a small scale and the means by wh...Study of proteins offers insights into organization of biological networks
...ins, the investigators were able to make a digital simulation of the protein network. They selectively removed hub and non-hub proteins and measured how this affected the overall number of connections between proteins. They found that while eliminating non-hubs had very little effect on the amount of connection...Assisted reproduction can't compensate for waiting too long to start a family
.... He reached his conclusion after using a computer simulation model to study the odds on achieving a live birth naturally if a woman started trying to conceive at ages 30, 35 or 40 compared with the success rate if they turned to assisted reproduction technologies (ART) after four, three or two years respective...