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'S' is for seaside, sea slug and statistics
2 July 2005
Felix Grant has been having text message conversations with a family of rocks, then analysing them with the latest S-Plus
July/August 2005
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Better computational descriptions of science
2 July 2005
Simon White believes that information can be better shared if everyone makes use of ontologies
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The benefits of a virtual European supercomputer
2 July 2005
Hermann Lederer reports on the DEISA Consortium, a major step towards an integrated European HPC infrastructure
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An engineer takes on LIMS
2 July 2005
Dave Champagne, head of Thermo's informatics division
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Where Walmart leads, can LIMS be far behind?
2 July 2005
Peter Rees looks at a piece of old technology that is finding new uses in laboratory information management systems
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The colour of the past
2 July 2005
Mathematical operations on an array of pixels, made easy by software such as Matlab, can reveal the surface of Venus and the world of pre-Revolutionary Russia, Ray Girvan discovers
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For functionality and security for externalised research, software providers have turned to the cloud, writes Sophia Ktori
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Robert Roe looks at the latest simulation techniques used in the design of industrial and commercial vehicles
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Robert Roe investigates the growth in cloud technology which is being driven by scientific, engineering and HPC workflows through application specific hardware
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Robert Roe learns that the NASA advanced supercomputing division (NAS) is optimising energy efficiency and water usage to maximise the facility’s potential to deliver computing services to its user community
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Robert Roe investigates the use of technologies in HPC that could help shape the design of future supercomputers