2008 Research news
LMS partners with von Karman Institute for fluid dynamics
15 December 2008
LMS has partnered up with the Brussels-based von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI). This collaboration will promote joint research, technology and development projects and consultancy activities in aero-acoustic modelling and testing.
Bacterial research hits the big time
15 December 2008
A combination of powerful new analysis methods and abundant data from genomics projects is carrying microbiology forward into a new era.
Cancer collaboration identifies biomarkers
12 December 2008
Genedata has collaborated on analysis of mass spectrometry data with researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center Proteomics Facility of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Personalised treatment for Alzheimer’s disease investigated
12 December 2008
UK research institutes will use InforSense's translational research tools in Alzheimer's disease studies to advance the development of early diagnostic tools and develop personalised medicine treatments within mental health research.
IBM seeks to emulate brain's cognitive abilities in a computer
26 November 2008
IBM is partnering with five leading universities to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interactio and cognition
Model aids sea search and rescue crews
25 November 2008
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth, UK, have developed a computer model to predict how long someone will survive when lost at sea, in order to help decision-making by search and rescue teams
EC-funded project gains industry support
5 November 2008
A European Commission-funded project, entitled 'preDICT: Computational Prediction of Drug Cardiac Toxicity', has gained support from a number of industrial and academic research teams, including Aureus Pharma
Collaboration aids quantitative biomarker prediction
2 October 2008
Clarient and Definiens are collaborating to develop image analysis technology that will hel evaluate quantitative biomarkers that predict cancer treatment response to targeted therapies.
Researcher models epidemics with inference technique
18 September 2008
Sandia researcher Jaideep Ray has developed a model that can determine in the first few days of an epidemic how fast the disease will spread and how many people may be infected.
Cornell finds evidence of evolutionary selection using HPC
18 September 2008
Cornell researchers have identified 544 genes that have been shaped by positive selection over millions of years of evolution by comparing the genomes of humans and five other mammals.
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First Arab human genome sequenced
10 September 2008
More supercomputing time for climate change models
10 September 2008
Ancient instruments play again through HPC
8 September 2008
Human genomes standardised on microarrays
29 August 2008
Proteomics campaign seeks to overcome experimental challenges
31 July 2008
Brain tumours diagnosed in seconds
20 June 2008
Data cave immerses scientists in the stars
11 June 2008
Latest perfSONAR MDM network monitoring tool released
3 June 2008
Starlims launches strategic informatics consulting unit
16 May 2008
e-Science centres win continued funding
2 May 2008
Life Science workflows get proteomics website
16 April 2008
DNAStar signs molecular genetics and biotechnology duo
14 April 2008
Protein data bank archives 50,000th molecule
14 April 2008
Kognito to produce WX2 database for Solaris
2 April 2008
Mathematica to go web 2.0
2 April 2008
LMS signs contract for acoustic simulation tech
27 March 2008
Black Sea scientists to get online
12 March 2008
20 million supercomputing hours for science
27 February 2008
Asia-Pacific research networking gets €18m investment
26 February 2008
Microsoft monitors species’ response to changing environments
26 February 2008
UK National Grid Service keeles over for first SRIF3 funded resource
19 February 2008
Ukraine joins GÉANT2 research network
12 February 2008
African scientists get connected
4 February 2008
ISIS gears up for a data deluge
29 January 2008
ERP market is back and booming, says IDC
28 January 2008
Cenetron uses Starlims for global clinical trials
24 January 2008
Mettler Toledo and Applied Biosystems streamline software integration
24 January 2008
European Commission fund genetics web project
22 January 2008
UK grant to boost operations research
22 January 2008
Eco-research to rack up 10.4 million hours of supercomputing time
22 January 2008
Computer recognises dog's bark
17 January 2008
Models reveal key factors that determine the structure of tissue
14 January 2008
UK supercomputer to weather climate change
14 January 2008
Computational simulations shine light on dark energy
11 January 2008
HPC simulation predicts hundreds of roving black holes
10 January 2008
Grid computing puts astronomical data in context
7 January 2008
Energy efficient supercomputer helps heat building
7 January 2008
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