Science and Technology Review January/February 2008

Chinn, D J

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

关键词: Mechanical Properties;    Quarks;    Supercomputers;    Dentin;    Physics;   

DOI  :  10.2172/925993
RP-ID  :  UCRL-TR-52000-08-1/2
RP-ID  :  W-7405-ENG-48
RP-ID  :  925993

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 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.