Astrophysicists regularly use high-powered computers in their work, with a growing number of astrophysics departments now featuring study groups strictly dedicated to 'computational astrophysics'.
By Brett Smith
19 Sep 2018
Forecasting the weather is a tricky business – its hard to be completely accurate with predictions although continuous improvements in how the heavens are monitored is making this job somewhat easier.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
22 Oct 2018
The transfer of information, on both large and small scales, is the backbone of modern computing.
By Brett Smith
17 Oct 2018
The race to create a fully operational quantum computer is still ongoing and is highly dependent on the development of new technologies. Engineers believe that these computers are the future of processing and will replace silicon chips in the same way that transistors replaced the vacuum tube.
By Isabelle Robinson
19 Oct 2018
The term quasiparticles describe a physical concept, which treats elementary excitations of a combination of strongly interacting particles, called quasi-particles.