August/September 2009
DATA ANALYSIS: INVENTION
Analysis is the mother of invention
Felix Grant explores the role of statistical analysis in the field of invention
DATA MANAGEMENT: FOOD AND BEVERAGE
A taste for LIMS
Greg Blackman looks at the role LIMS, as well as data management software as a whole, plays in putting food on our plates
MOLECULAR MODELLING
Molecular alchemy
Saving untold hours in the laboratory, molecular modelling software allows researchers to determine how to make useful changes to existing substances or make new ones. Paul Schreier takes a glimpse of the tools and techniques researchers are using to find the molecules that will bring us improved drugs and materials
HPC: BIG SCIENCE
Asking the big questions
Stephen Mounsey finds out about the computing power behind some of the world's most ambitious scientific projects
HPC: CONNECTIVITY
Making the connection
HPC system architects are increasingly turning to alternative interconnects such as InfiniBand to replace Ethernet in many situations. Paul Schreier examines what is driving this trend
INSIDE VIEW
Simulation through the years
Bruce Klimpke, technical director of Integrated Engineering Software, looks at 25 years of simulation software
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