Science Highlights
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'Not so fast, supercomputers,' say software programmers
The fastest of the fastest computers - supercomputers used at national research centers, research universities and major corporations - will soon gain even more performance by taking advantage of multicore computing. Despite the promise of almost uni...
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Sun Computers Run Most Comprehensive Climate Model To Date
The most comprehensive climate model to date of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east of the Mississippi. Changes...
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Remnants of Hurricane Dennis at 11:02am, July 12, 2005 This data, showing the remnants of Hurricane Dennis, was received at the Purdue receiving station from the GOES (Geostationary Observational Environmental Satellite) at 11:02, Indiana time, on th...
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Simulation Shows 9/11 Plane Crash with Scientific Detail
Engineers, computer scientists and graphics technology experts at Purdue University have created the first publicly available simulation that uses scientific principles to study in detail what theoretically happened when the Boeing 757 crashed into t...
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Homeland security skills honed through "Measured Response" simulation
Representatives of federal, state, and local governmental agencies gathered at Purdue Tuesday and Wednesday, July 8 and 9, to use an interactive computer simulation, Measured Response, to test the effectiveness of varying responses to a national emer...