Open AccessScience & Technology Review November 2005
Author(s) -
Maurice B. Aufderheide
Publication year - 2005
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/884763
Subject(s) - supercomputer , graphics , computer science , code (set theory) , sky , computer graphics (images) , astronomy , physics , operating system , set (abstract data type) , programming language
This month's issue has the following articles: (1) A Major Advance in Understanding Metals--Commentary by Tomas Diaz de la Rubia; (2) Materials Scientists Discover the Power of ParaDiS--A new supercomputer code is revealing how metals become stronger through the formation of dislocation line junctions; (3) A Wide New Window on the Universe--Livermore scientists and engineers are contributing to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will provide unprecedented digital maps of the changing night sky; (4) Built for Speed: Graphics Processors for General-Purpose Computing--Commercial graphics processors used in the computer gaming industry are providing low-cost solutions for high-performance data processing; and (5) Negative Plasma Densities Raise Questions--Livermore physicists shed light on anomalous results in x-ray interferometry of plasmas