No relief for Pacific Northwest drought
...tial Climate Analysis Service. These systems have simulated drought and fire in the American West, for instance, fairly accurately backwards in time to 1895, and can also be used to make both near-term and longer projections into the future. They are constantly updated, and now include the latest actual weath...Flocking together: Study shows how animal groups find their way
...ere to go. First, the researchers programmed their simulated animals with a basic urge to stay near others, but not collide with them. This instinct alone caused individuals to form close-knit, evenly spaced groups like those of real animals, which pay a high price -- such as being eaten -- if they stray from ...MSI releases 'moleculizer' - a new approach to simulation of intracellular biochemical networks
...ts in analyzing data and in testinghypotheses with simulated outcomes before testing them experimentally.The predictive capabilities of computer simulations can also aidbiologists in viewing cellular activity over a period of time, bytaking advantage of the power of computers to generate the thousands ofpotent...Poplar trees redirect resources in response to simulated attack
...tion of nutrients in poplar trees in response to a simulated insect attack. The research provides new insights on a long-debated theory about how plants respond to environmental stress, and shows that radiotracer imaging can be a big help in unraveling plant biochemistry. Done in collaboration with scientists...