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John Murphy talks to Christopher Bishop, assistant director of the Microsoft Research Laboratory, Cambridge
Powerful scientific instruments need powerful software, but help is at hand in simplifying the complexity, writes James Aitken
Electronic lab notebooks can help researchers in small as well as large companies, Peter Rees discovered
Felix Grant believes that software can open up the big ideas in mathematics to the wider public, democratising the subject, and making it part of popular culture
Although sometimes their role is overlooked, distributors can add value to scientific software through the technical support they provide. John Murphy talked to Adept Scientific, one of the largest distributors
Integrating LIMS with enterprise resource planning software is topical, but Peter Rees found that standardising and centralising are essential first steps
If the trend is towards standardisation, how can LIMS be tailored to fit individual customers? The answer lies with workflows, according to Colin Thurston
It's a science about working on the small scale, but it has big promise. Michael Francis of Accelrys looks to the future of nanotechnology
After text-mining, Doug Paxson believes images will be next to be mined for information
Conrad Wolfram believes we should treat computers like cars: we should specify the problem and let the computer do the working out
Rohit Khanna looks forward to the integration of instruments and software to master the mounds of data created in the lab
Dr John McAlister finds that scientific computing is not an end in itself but that success depends on it
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