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Ocean Wave Breaking Stirs Up Atmosphere

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Physics 6, 51 (2013) – Published May 3, 2013
Simulations show that breaking ocean waves contribute most of their energy to the air, rather than the water, which could affect cloud formation and climate evolution.
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Landmarks—Computer Simulations Led to Discovery of Solitons

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Physics 6, 15 (2013) – Published February 8, 2013
The 1965 discovery of the isolated waves known as solitons—which appear in many physical systems—was a direct result of the new computer technology available for numerical simulations.