If the next time you eat an ice cream you notice that it's
yummier, you have a computer to thank. A supercomputer,
actually. The processing power available inside modern
supercomputers isn’t just able to help us better understand the
universe we live in, develop better medicines, and model complex
systems. Apparently it is also helping to make better ice cream.
Research has been carried out at the University of Edinburgh to
simulate the soft matter that makes up ice cream. More
specifically, scientists are trying to understand the complex
interactions occurring between the many different ingredients
that make up your favorite flavor of the delicious cold stuff.