Trevor Heritage, president, Symyx Software

Professor Marek Niezgódka, Director of the ICM Centre at the University of Warsaw, explains why the centre heads the Green Top500 list and concentrates on open systems

Gemma Church finds out how scientists are using HPC to predict climate and weather more accurately and efficiently

While GPUs (graphics processing units) were initially designed to accelerate video and gaming, vendors of science and engineering software are using them to accelerate their code. Paul Schreier looks at the benefits for today and tomorrow

Paul Schreier reviews a sample of the applications and breakthrough products that advanced optics software have made possible

The increase in automation in forensic science in the last few years has led to a requirement for data management systems. Greg Blackman looks at the importance of LIMS in forensic laboratories

Computing applied to the earth sciences will save human lives, according to Felix Grant

Dietmar Maringer, professor of computational management sciences, University of Basel