May / June 2004

The electronic lab notebook has been heralded before, says Peter Rees. But it might just happen this time

Chris Randles praises XML as a basis for innovation and technical communication

Steve Maginn looks at the two ends of the chemistry software industry

Scientific Computing World appeared just as the World Wide Web was escaping from particle physics. Michael Kenward reflects on a decade of rapid progress

James Truchard believes that performance will improve, while costs and development time will decrease, making engineers more productive through the use of virtual instrumentation

C. James Cooper looks forward to an exciting decade, as the universal language of mathematics underpins efforts to integrate knowledge from different domains

Guy Lefever sees seven new technologies, all related to scientific computing, transforming the face of medicine

Robert Massie and Ramond D'Angelo believe that, as the physical limitations of processing, storing, and delivering information diminish, the possibilities of the digital research environment keep expanding

Robert Pavlis believes there has never been a more exciting time in instrument interfacing

Antony Williams believes that organisations need to recognise the value of organising themselves to integrate chemical structure and analytical information