Science and Technology Review January/February 2008

Chinn, D J

关键词: DENTIN;    EPICENTERS;    MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;    PHYSICS;    QUARKS;    SUPERCOMPUTERS;   

DOI  :  10.2172/925993
RP-ID  :  UCRL-TR-52000-08-1/2
PID  :  OSTI ID: 925993
Others  :  TRN: US0802516

学科分类：物理（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This month's issue has the following articles: (1) The Edward Teller Centennial--Commentary by George H. Miller; (2) Edward Teller's Century: Celebrating the Man and His Vision--Colleagues at the Laboratory remember Edward Teller, cofounder of Lawrence Livermore, adviser to U.S. presidents, and physicist extraordinaire, on the 100th anniversary of his birth; (3) Quark Theory and Today's Supercomputers: It's a Match--Thanks to the power of BlueGene/L, Livermore has become an epicenter for theoretical advances in particle physics; and (4) The Role of Dentin in Tooth Fracture--Studies on tooth dentin show that its mechanical properties degrade with age.