Software News: Comsol

Comsol, Burlington, MA, has introduced version 3.3a of its leading multiphysics simulation environment. The entire product family, including the Comsol Script suite of scientific computing software, now runs on Microsoft's Vista operating system as well as on Intel-based Macs. A new material library simplifies the specification of properties for more than 2,500 materials, and a file-import facility makes it possible to read data in a format standard in the chemical industry for gas-phase reactions, combustion, and atmospheric chemistry. Information: 781-273-3322