Fluid simulation at unprecedented scale provides toolkit for fundamental physics and applied fluid engineering

What governs the speed at which raindrops fall, sediment settles in river estuaries, and matter is ejected during a supernova? These questions circle around one, deceitfully simple factor: the rate at ...

Researchers mix X-rays and optical light to track speedy electrons in materials

To unlock materials of the future, including better photocatalysts or light-switchable superconductors, researchers need to ...

Should You Get a Sunrise Alarm Clock?

Don’t try to force yourself into being a morning person. Trick yourself into it instead with a sunrise alarm clock.
Live Science

Enormous 3D map of the universe shows brilliant 'sea of light' near the cosmic dawn

A unique technique allowed astronomers to see the early universe as a "sea of light" and explore the effects of gravity and ...
Purdue University

Purdue Global relocates simulation center to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Global opened its relocated medical simulation center on Jan. 7 at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. The simulation center, which serves students and ...
Futurism

Simulation Found Civil War Could Be Triggered by Exactly What ICE Is Doing Right Now

What’s the most surefire way to achieve Civil War 2.0 in the United States? According to one wild simulation, it’s exactly what’s happening right now in Minneapolis. In October 2024, researchers at ...
Science Daily

This simulation reveals what really happens near black holes

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before. By combining Einstein’s gravity with realistic behavior of light and ...
EurekAlert!

New computer simulation could light the way to safer cannabinoid-based pharmaceuticals

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — New psychoactive substances, originally developed as potential analgesics but abandoned due to adverse side effects, may still have pharmaceutical value if researchers could nail ...
Chicago Tribune

Racing simulation business gets early green light from Naperville planners

Naperville Planning and Zoning commissioners like the idea of a racing simulation center opening on Route 59, and think it could be busy, but it’s contingent on the Naperville City Council approving ...
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Just Discovered the Secret Magnetic Behaviors of Light

In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism are related. A new study revealed that the magnetic component of light ...
The New York Times

Can SAD Lamps Help With Seasonal Depression?

Bright light boxes mimic natural light. We asked experts if they worked. Ask Well Bright light boxes mimic natural light. We asked experts if they worked. Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times ...
The Conversation

‘Simulation theory’ brings an AI twist out of ‘The Matrix’ to ideas mystics and religious scholars have voiced for centuries

Rizwan Virk owns shares in Google, and in various video game companies. He is also a venture partner in Griffin Gaming Partners, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in video game-related ...