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How the U.S. can be a world leader in the 21st century by placing a renewed focus on scientific research. IN THE 20th century, issues of national and international security were transformed by a revolution in solid-state physics that allowed mankind to take flight and split the atom. Advances in physics also led to the development of the transistor, the semiconductor and ultimately to the information technology explosion that transformed economic life. The 20th century was an American century in no small part because of American leadership in the application of the physical sciences. Although the theories of relativity and...

IBM's full-court supercomputer press By Alex Lash http://marketwatch-cnet.com.com, marketwatch-cnet.com.com/IBMs+full-court+supercomputer+press/2100-7337_3-5850991.html Story last modified Tue Sep 06 09:00:00 PDT 2005 Engineers build bridges knowing exactly how every piece fits and how every physical force interacts, but that's often not the case with pharmaceuticals. Much of what happens on the molecular pathway to developing drugs remains murky. Bridges are obviously less complex than people, but there are ways to take some of the guesswork out of drug discovery. "People simulate spacecraft and bridges," said Stanford University professor Vijay Pande. "Why not simulate ourselves?" That's a tall order, of course, yet as computing...