Science & Technology Review November 2006

Radousky, H

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

关键词: Oxygen;    Engines;    99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Supercomputers;    Shock Waves;   

DOI  :  10.2172/896595
RP-ID  :  UCRL-TR-225084
RP-ID  :  W-7405-ENG-48
RP-ID  :  896595

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This months issue has the following articles: (1) Expanded Supercomputing Maximizes Scientific Discovery--Commentary by Dona Crawford; (2) Thunder's Power Delivers Breakthrough Science--Livermore's Thunder supercomputer allows researchers to model systems at scales never before possible. (3) Extracting Key Content from Images--A new system called the Image Content Engine is helping analysts find significant but hard-to-recognize details in overhead images. (4) Got Oxygen?--Oxygen, especially oxygen metabolism, was key to evolution, and a Livermore project helps find out why. (5) A Shocking New Form of Laserlike Light--According to research at Livermore, smashing a crystal with a shock wave can result in coherent light.