Despite numerous benefits, computer modelling has mainly remained in the domain of academic research. The first model of the freeze‑drying process was developed in the ‘70s, but, despite numerous ...

A new computer model can provide added insights into fire risks in complex buildings, and help engineers to develop robust fire safety designs, according to BRE. This coupled hybrid modelling has been ...

A computer model is a representation of a real-life system or situation, such as the workings of a nuclear reactor or the evacuation of a football stadium. A collection of rules is created to study ...

Researchers have created the most detailed simulation of the history of the universe, complete with exploding gas clouds, swirling galaxies, ravenous black holes and countless stars – born to die in ...

A 7-year-old boy with a head the size of a basketball can now live a near normal life thanks to doctors in Baltimore. Using revolutionary computer modelling, surgeons performed a rare and risky ...

How a research student in 1960 built a virtual heart on a mainframe in the middle of the night. Denis Noble developed the first computer model of the human heart. As a young research student in 1960, ...