Gazette article on Saturn storms featuring Jeremy Bloxham and Rakesh Yadav
October 6, 2020
Please follow this link to a Harvard Gazette article featuring research by Jeremy Bloxham and Rakesh Yadav, and their use of 3D computer modeling to explain the hexagonal storm on the north pole of Saturn. Congratulations!
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 24 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,617 and the total number of international members to 537. International members are nonvoting members of the Academy, with citizenship outside the United States.
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