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What University of California at Los Angeles mathematician Russel Caflisch does is like trying to grab a handful of fire. Caflisch… Read More
Ravi Samtaney’s work is a study in extremes. His computer codes simulate what happens when pellets of hydrogen isotopes frozen… Read More