Thursday, July 30, 2009

This is too cool ...


Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois (part of the U.S. Department of Energy) are working to improve techniques for capturing complex visualizations like the astrophysics simulation pictured above, which seeks to discover the mechanism behind the violent death of short-lived, massive stars. The image shows entropy values in the core of the supernova; different colors and transparencies are assigned to different values of entropy. By selectively adjusting the color and transparency, scientists can peel away outer layers and see values in the interior of the 3-D volume. You can get the full explanation at: http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2009/news090730.html

If there is a "God of gaps", he/she/it is finding fewer and fewer places to fit in.

1 comments:

  1. I visited the Argonne website after reading your post. A real orgy for science freaks! Very neat stuff like an anti-jet lag diet.
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