The Algorithms Behind Scientific Breakthroughs – The Spectrum of Science | Science - Prudent Press Agency

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1. Major advances in computer science have accounted for nearly all of the major scientific breakthroughs in recent years – albeit most of them in the background.

2. Be it modern programming languages, huge databases, or algebraic programs: systems are now essential for scientific work.

3. The current example is the first image of a black hole. It took a tremendous computing power to process a large amount of data and create a picture in a loop.

In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope team opened the world’s first view of a black hole...

Computer science has not only played a significant role in this scientific advance: from astronomy to zoology, a computer is behind every great discovery of the modern era. Computers today have about 10,000 times more memory and a much higher clock frequency than they did 50 years ago, which opens up entirely new possibilities for research.

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