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Physics students now have access to interactive molecular dynamics simulations that can model and animate the motions of hundreds of particles, such as noble gas atoms, that attract each other weakly at short distances but repel strongly…

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Computer simulation has become one of the most important tools in scientific research in many disciplines. Benefiting from the dynamical trajectories regulated by versatile interatomic interactions, various material properties can be…

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Molecular visualization software has long supported research and education in chemical and structural sciences, but consumer devices constrained to 2D inputs and outputs pose two major challenges: they poorly convey 3D nature, and 3D…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-09-05 Luciano A. Abriata

Simulations with high accuracy are an essential part of scientific research to accelerate the innovation process. They are especially useful for finding novel approaches or optimizing existing methods. Today, powerful software tools are…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-08-31 Patrick Vogel , Martin A. Rückert , Thomas Kampf , Volker C. Behr

Reform movements in science education, such as inquiry-based instruction, have been heavily influenced by constructivist learning theories (National Research Council, 2000). These learning theories place the learner as the sole constructor…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-07-16 Marta R. Stoeckel

Computational reductions are an important and powerful concept in computer science. However, they are difficult for many students to grasp. In this paper, we outline a concept for how the learning of reductions can be supported by…

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Molecular simulations provide a powerful means to unravel the complex relationships between network architecture and the mechanical response of polymer networks, with a particular emphasis on rupture and fracture phenomena. Although…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-02-02 Yuichi Masubuchi , Takato Ishida , Yusuke Koide , Takashi Uneyama

In most of the cases, the experimental study of Nanotechnology involves high cost for Laboratory set-up and the experimentation processes were also slow. So, one cannot rely on experimental nanotechnology alone. As such, the Computer-Based…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2011-09-09 Tamal Sarkar , Samir Chandra Das , Ardhendu Mandal

The ubiquitous presence of computer simulations in all kinds of research areas evidence their role as the new driving force for the advancement of science and engineering research. Nothing seems to escape the image of success that computer…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-04-03 Juan M. Durán

An approach that provides students with an ability to transfer learning in physics and mathematics to the engineering-technology courses through e-teaching and e-learning process is proposed. E-modules of courses in mathematics, physics,…

Physics Education · Physics 2008-07-15 Djafar K. Mynbaev , Candido Cabo , Roman Ya. Kezerashvili , Janet Liou-Mark

The combination of theory and simulation is necessary in the investigation of properties of complex systems where each method alone cannot do the task properly. Theory needs simulation to test ideas and to check approximations. Simulation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-17 Hung T. Diep , Virgile Bocchetti , Danh-Tai Hoang , V. Thanh Ngo

Materials informatics is increasingly used to support modelling, analysis and design across the length scales of materials science, from atomistic simulations to microstructural characterisation and continuum descriptions. Despite rapid…

Scientific research involves mathematical modelling in the context of an interactive balance between theory, experiment and computation. However, computational methods and tools are still far from being appropriately integrated in the high…

Physics Education · Physics 2016-08-14 Rui Gomes Neves , Jorge Carvalho Silva , Vítor Duarte Teodoro

Simulation especially real-time simulation have been widely used for the design and testing of real-time systems. The advancement of simulation tools has largely attributed to the evolution of computing technologies. With the reduced cost…

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Machine learning techniques are powerful tools for construction of emulators for complex systems. We explore different machine learning methods and conceptual methodologies, ranging from functional approximations to dynamical…

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Research goals: determine the characteristics of the development process, installation, configuration and usage of the filter SageMath for learning support system Moodle. Research objectives: to prove the feasibility of using Moodle system…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-07-19 Yevhenii O. Modlo , Serhiy O. Semerikov

Research goals: to identify the perspective learning simulation tool for Bachelors of Electromechanics. Research objectives: to prove the feasibility of using the simulation system Xcos on Web as a tool of forming of future Bachelors of…

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At Arizona State University we have built the first and only fully online Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, with a complete curriculum, including labs. The upper division Advanced Lab courses present a special challenge for online…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-04-15 Peter A. Bennett

Computational materials science increasingly benefits from data management, automation, and algorithm-based decision-making for the simulation of material properties and behavior. Experimental materials science also changes rapidly by…

Machine learning is finding increasingly broad application in the physical sciences. This most often involves building a model relationship between a dependent, measurable output and an associated set of controllable, but complicated,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-08-29 Brian K. Spears