Features

LIMS
Information overload
01 January 2003

Trevor De Silva and Geoff Parker, from the consultancy Scimcon, discuss the causes of the data explosion in the laboratory, and suggest ways to tame it

IMAGE PROCESSING
A click of the mouse... and then everything became clear
01 January 2003

Unsolved problems can now be viewed in a new light, thanks to advances in digital image processing - and there are solutions available for scientific computing. By Ray Girvan

MODELLING AND SIMULATION
Fuel for thought on cars of the future
01 January 2003

Tomorrow's vehicles will benefit from better fuel cell technology, thanks to the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), says Lucy Farrington of CD adapco

MODELLING AND SIMULATION
Meeting the challenge of modern complexity
01 November 2002

The methods used in analysing patient drug trials and motor engine tests could be used to solve many problems in other industries, argues The Mathworks' Dr Tanya Morton

VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION
keeping up with technology
01 November 2002

Virtual instrumentation is changing the way scientists measure and automate the world. Gricha Raether of National Instruments assesses recent developments in this cutting edge field

LIMS
on the paper trail
01 November 2002

The paperless laboratory, and managing information for life sciences' researchers, are among the themes discernible during SCW's regular review of the LIMS world, Tom Wilkie writes

PROFILE
A man who gets things done
01 November 2002

John Murphy profiles Paul Messina, former director of the Center for Advanced Computing Research at CalTech

THE GRID
the UK e-science Grid
01 September 2002

Tony Hey and Anne Trefethen outline the efforts being made to help the UK meet the challenges of computing across the Grid

LIMS
choosing the right client
01 September 2002

The old Latin riddle 'Quis custiodet ipsos custiodes?' ('Who guards the guardians themselves?') is a good one for scientists and managers to ponder when they are considering the integrity of data in LIMS. Alex Crawford reports

PROFILE
Bringing knowledge back home
01 September 2002

John Murphy profiles the Professor of Computer Engineering and Informatics at the University of Patras

IN PERSON: ROBERT DEWITTE
Structures and science
01 September 2002

Robert DeWitte, Marketing Director of ACD Labs, tells Tom Wilkie how Russian scientists' deep understanding of chemical structure grew into a global software business.

PROFILE
The face behind the Grid
01 July 2002

John Murphy profiles the director of the Center for Grid Technologies, Information Sciences Institute

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