2007 Research news
Lightening the load of desktop supercomputing
7 December 2007
A new computing technique that uses light rather than electricity to transfer data could provide laptops with the power of today's fastest supercomputers.
Blue dye could boost computer performance
30 November 2007
A technique that controls the magnetic properties of a commonly used blue dye could vastly increase the power of computer processors.
The human touch to HPC
30 November 2007
A new initiative at Arizona State University (ASU) is studying the ways in which software tools can be improved to ease the use of high-performance computing.
Dedicated UK networks for high-bandwidth research traffic
28 November 2007
The UK's computer network for research and education, Janet, will now include a new service to meet the growing needs of the UK research communities for dedicated end-to-end network capacity.
Europe takes aim at major metabolic disease with systems biology
27 November 2007
A European initiative against major metabolic disorders such as obesity is to be launched at the EuroBioForum conference at Lisbon in December 2007.
Successful in silico prediction of crystal structures
27 November 2007
Researchers have managed to predict the crystal structures of small organic molecules by computational methods alone, without experimental input.
Robot 'reads minds' to give movement to the paralysed
27 November 2007
A robot that can seemingly read your mind could provide a new level of autonomy to people suffering from paralysis.
National Instruments joins microprocessor development community
27 November 2007
National Instruments has joined Power.org, an open and collaborative organisation dedicated to developing and promoting Power Architecture technology - an instruction set architecture prevalent in microprocessors.
High-performance computing competition for UK students
26 November 2007
Think you know how high-performance computing could change the world, but don't have the resources to prove your solution? Microsoft has launched a competition that could help you to realise your idea.
Cray creates 'hybrid' supercomputer
14 November 2007
Cray has developed a new method of processing large volumes of data that separates the job onto three different kinds of processors, each suited to different types of data manipulation.
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Upgraded systems biology?
13 November 2007
Simplified vehicle design
13 November 2007
Tokyo Tech upgrades its supercomputer
2 November 2007
Windows-based supercomputer added to UK grid
30 October 2007
Informatics company to help build biomedical research network
22 October 2007
Powerful parallel clusters now available to US researchers
5 October 2007
New US initiative to advance 'innovative computational thinking'
4 October 2007
New EU project to improve Europe's position in aeronautical engineering
3 October 2007
Revision to open mathematics standard
3 October 2007
PLM systems increasingly popular in pharma industry
26 September 2007
Increased licensing of bioinformatics software
17 September 2007
Genomics software streamlines detergent production
17 September 2007
New model predicts ethnic violence
14 September 2007
European systems biology requires greater coordination, report reveals
14 September 2007
New payment program opens ELN software to smaller companies
30 August 2007
Grid computing helps prevent water pollution
28 August 2007
Chemistry database growing at fastest rate ever
28 August 2007
Genetics sequencing software helps marine biologists
17 August 2007
Genomics tools aid discovery in stem cell research
9 August 2007
Renowned scientist to give plenary talk at Pittcon
9 August 2007
ELN compliance to 21 CFR Part 11 verified
8 August 2007
Easy identification of therapeutic compounds in plants
31 July 2007
Data management solution aids systems biology
19 July 2007
Streamlined multidisciplinary research for cancer and autoimmune diseases
19 July 2007
Parallel computing speeds-up cancer diagnosis
17 July 2007
Upgraded supercomputer brings power to students and researchers
17 July 2007
Ten times faster access to European supercomputing network
25 June 2007
First 40Gbit/s data transfer in European education
25 June 2007
High-performance computing increases understanding of the brain
11 June 2007
Realistic vehicle crash tests
4 June 2007
Computer models help with riot control
25 May 2007
$25k prize for solving computing's 'simplest' problem
17 May 2007
Research centre to explain the complexity of real life
15 May 2007
LIMS product helps cancer research centre gain NCI recognition
23 April 2007
Just water off a duck’s back
17 April 2007
Systems biology fights Anthrax
13 March 2007
Parallel computing helps scientists clean the air
16 February 2007
Thermo Fisher Scientific joins BioIT alliance
31 January 2007
Record number of patents documented
3 January 2007
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