Shaping floods of data, computers 'see' the unseen; numbers resolve into images that change the ways of research
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Scientific research is changing, responding to opportunities for analyzing large data sets by using computers and graphic displays. According to Lawrence Rosenblum, a mathematician and computer scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory, physical science has been either theoretical or experimental, but now there is a third category - 'computational.' Scientists are making pictures and three-dimensional images of what had previously been uninterpretable data: telemetry from spacecraft show what it would look like to fly over Mars; three-dimensional representations show how blood flows in the heart; movies show representations of 'curved space,' previously known only by equations; and visualizations mimic molecules. Technologies are evolving rapidly: computers are growing more powerful and they are less expensive, and data collection techniques are improving.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1990
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M.I.T. deal with Japan stirs fear on competition
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The release of details of a three-year-old agreement between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Japanese researchers touches off a debate concerning protection of America's scientific resources. The agreement, between MIT's Media Laboratory and two Japanese interests - Nihon University and Japanese industrialist Chiyoji Misawa - calls for MIT to transfer some of its research techniques to the Japanese for $10 million over five years. The Media Laboratory is a creative environment where young researchers are given free reign to follow whatever research paths they wish. The laboratory focuses on research in computers and futuristic media technologies such high-definition television. Critics of the deal say MIT is giving away its know-how for a small sum of money and is giving the Japanese the means to duplicate American creative skills.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1990
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Study Aside, Fat-Fighting Industry Vows to Stick to Its Mission
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Although a recent study showed that moderately overweight people have a lower risk of death than thin people, the medical profession continues to research the health risks obesity. The research is often sponsored by the pharmaceutical and diet industries.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
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