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LIMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Flexibility for the future

Testing the environment and ensuring that products don't damage natural systems are both highly topical and very competitive. Siân Harris finds out how a good LIMS system can help labs stay on top of their environmental data

STATISTICS AND CARBON ANALYSIS

Cars, cows and carbon sinks

Felix Grant explores the application of statistical software in carbon emissions

HPC: CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud in HPC

Gillian Law explores how the HPC industry has taken up the benefits of cloud computing

WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT

Squeezing out that last bit of efficiency

HPC systems are far from inexpensive, so operators want to keep their computers running at the highest possible capacity. A key to doing so is workload management software, which distributes jobs in a cluster, grid or cloud. Paul Schreier examines some trends in this critical area

BIOMEDICAL MODELLING

Better biomedicine

Matthew Peach reports on how biomedical modelling software is helping to redefine diagnosis, treatment and equipment design, and why the market for these packages is booming

CIRCUIT DESIGN

3D physics within 2D circuits

By combining 2D circuit design with 3D physics-based models of certain circuit components, engineers can develop simulations that are much more true to the real world. Paul Schreier looks at a few companies who are spearheading developments in this area

INSIDE VIEW

Building a European data infrastructure

An EU project aims to tackle Europe's data deluge. Kimmo Koski, EUDAT project coordinator, explains