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HPC centre lets scientists try-before-they-buy

10 April 2008
Scientists wanting to understand more about HPC, or rent out processing power, can test their simulation ideas at the IBM PSSC Customer Centre, without having to purchase hefty amounts of kit first.

Tetra Pak packs a HPC punch for fluid simulations

10 April 2008
Packaging company Tetra Pak has used HPC to improve the performance of and reduce the time taken to design and develop its filling systems by using more complex computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations.

What to expect from Analytica 2008

26 March 2008
Analytica 2008 promises to be the ‘world’s largest trade show for solutions in the analysis, laboratory- technology and life-science sectors’, according to its organisers. But aside from the new-fangled lab kit on display, what will the event bring for scientific computing buffs?

Why supercomputing the stars needn’t cost the Earth

25 March 2008
Astrophysicists at the University of Exeter are using an SGI Altix ICE 8200 supercomputer to simulate massive celestial processes - but at a tiny cost.

Virtual human used to screen HIV drugs

7 February 2008
Researchers from University College London, UK have shown that potential HIV drugs can be screened against a virtual model of a patient in short enough time scales to be of clinical use.

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