In 1997 a team of Japanese engineers dared to imagine a computer so powerful that it could keep track of everything in the world at once–steaming rain forests in Bolivia, factories in Mexico belching ...

How does the Earth generate its magnetic field? While the basic mechanisms seem to be understood, many details remain unresolved. A team of researchers from the Center for Advanced Systems ...

Researchers have recreated the tumultuous beginnings of Earth, simulating what the planet was like just after its formation 4.5 billion years ago. The results, derived from a new computer model, ...