Why should we turn to Linux in 2021
Linux is an open-source counterpart for major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS. It refers to a family of operating systems based on the Linux kernel, developed …
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Green cementitious materials, One of the emerging technologies
Among different construction materials, cement, just after water, is the second most used one. This huge demand over the decades has ended up in huge cement productions, namely more than …
The largest chemical simulation performed on a quantum computer to date conducted by Google
A team of researchers with Google’s AI Quantum team (working with unspecified collaborators) has conducted the largest chemical simulation on a quantum computer to date. In their paper published in …
ICME, What’s that and how can be useful in concrete science?
ICME or Integrated Computational Materials Engineering is an approach to design products, the materials that comprise them, and their associated materials processing methods by linking materials models at multiple length …
A new activity index for pozzolanic materials
Cement production is responsible for about 8% of the global carbon footprint. One solution to confront this issue is using cement replacement materials or supplementary cementitious materials. Supplementary cementitious materials …
COMPASS: Eligibility for cementitious medium
Introduction COMPASS (Condensed-phase Optimized Molecular Potentials for Atomistic Simulation Studies) force field represents a technology break-through in force field methods. It is the first ab initio force field that enables …