Monthly Archives: August 2006

Terrorist states of matter

Very funny graphic borrowed from Cosmic Variance: So we live in a world where an entire state of matter is considered a national security risk. What I want to know is if Homeland security has considered the implications of the … Continue reading

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CO-ADC, XMD, ChemiCool

We’re highlighting three new software submissions today: CO-ADC calculates band structures of semiconducting and insulating crystals. Electron correlations are accounted for using the crystal orbital algebraic diagrammatic construction (CO-ADC) scheme. The software comprises an independent band Lanczos code for real- … Continue reading

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Chemicool Periodic Table

Chemistry periodic table (periodic chart) of the elements. Information about hydrogen, oxygen, silver, carbon, aluminum…plus forum, dictionary and tools. Find Chemicool Periodic Table at: http://www.chemicool.com/

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Software Carpentry Course

Greg Wilson pointed me to a new version of the Sofware Carpentry course at (www.swc.scipy.org); it’s all open source, and they’re actively looking for corrections and contributions. Reading through the online course materials, I can say that it is a … Continue reading

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A Theory about Questions in Paper Titles

I have this hypothesis about scientific papers: If the title of the paper contains a question, the paper answers the question with a “no”. My own examples: Is the Ewald summation still necessary? Can imaginary frequency instantaneous normal modes predict … Continue reading

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Sally Forth and Me…

About these comics: Ces Marciuliano (the writer of Sally Forth) and I shared adjoining dorm rooms when we were undergrads. He’s been dropping his friends’ names in his strips since he took over the gig from Greg Howard, and for … Continue reading

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XMD

XMD is a GPL’ed Molecular Dynamics program written in C. It supports the following potentials: pair, EAM, Tersoff and Stillinger-Weber, and implements a large variety of commands to help simplify simulation. Find XMD at: http://xmd.sf.net

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