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March / April 2003

Astronomical software will help detect telescope faults

1 March 2003

A data management software system now being installed in the UK will save astronomers precious time, and even tell them when their equipment is not working as it should. Phillip Hill reports

taking lims under your wing

1 March 2003

Tom Wilkie looks at developments within Labworks as, under new ownership, it sets its sights on the global stage

Electronic impetus mounts

1 March 2003

Once again the paperless laboratory, particularly in connection with the US Food and Drug Administration's Rule 21 CFR Part 11, is one of the main themes in the latest crop of LIMS advances and announcements. By Phillip Hill

Playing the numbers game

1 March 2003

John Murphy profiles the legendary Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin

Going with the flow

1 March 2003

Ray Girvan looks at the ubiquitous but little-understood Navier-Stokes equations

January / February 2003

Information overload

1 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

A click of the mouse... and then everything became clear

1 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

It's about knowing whom to talk to

1 January 2003

John Murphy profiles the Head of Numerical Relativity Group, Albert Einstein Institute

Fuel for thought on cars of the future

1 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

November / December 2002

on the paper trail

1 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

keeping up with technology

1 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

A man who gets things done

1 November 2002

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

Meeting the challenge of modern complexity

1 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

September / October 2002

the UK e-science Grid

1 September 2002

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

choosing the right client

1 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

Structures and science

1 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.

Bringing knowledge back home

1 September 2002

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

July / August 2002

Integration is LIMS inspiration

1 July 2002

In our latest roundup of comings and going in the world of Laboratory Information Management Systems, Vanessa Spedding finds the bulk of recent activity involves an industrious few

The face behind the Grid

1 July 2002

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

Development through gaming

1 July 2002

Ray Girvan discovers that the race to create ever more real computer games is having a beneficial effect on scientific computing

New hub gears up for algorithmic exchange

1 July 2002

Cross-fertilisation is the name of the game for Warwick University's Centre for Scientific Computing. Vanessa Spedding explores the motives behind its creation

May / June 2002

From banking to science

1 May 2002

Brian Donnelly, chairman and CEO of GeneticXchange, tells Tom Wilkie about the unexpected similarity between computing for life sciences and computing for big banks.

The flow of knowledge

1 May 2002

If you think the words 'decisive' and 'fast-moving' could not appear in the same sentence as 'government-run utility lab', think again, as one large LIMS company bidding for business recently had to. Vanessa Spedding reports

Parallel efforts create a virtual sky

1 May 2002

Scientists are building a seamless, global, astronomical resource: a 'virtual observatory' that will supply data at all wavelengths through a common interface. Vanessa Spedding catches up with European initiatives

From banking to science

1 May 2002

Brian Donnelly, chairman and CEO of GeneticXchange, tells Tom Wilkie about the unexpected similarity between computing for life sciences and computing for big banks.

observing behaviour by computer

1 May 2002

Tom Wilkie spoke to Lucas Noldus, whose company produces computerised systems for tracking and observing animal behaviour. The applications, he found, stretch from new drugs to functional genomics

March / April 2002

The pyramid builder of our modern age

1 March 2002

John Murphy profiles the leader of Cern's IT division in Switzerland.

what does my molecule look like?

1 March 2002

The computer representation of compounds can certainly be chemically inspiring. David Bradley asks whether they come close to modelling what really goes on in the molecular world.

January / February 2002

Scientific Information Production comes to discovery

1 January 2002

Scott Deutsch looks beyond the traditional LIMS quality control approach to scientific information production.

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Winds of change

Through the use of cutting-edge simulation, software engineers are developing innovative new wind energy technology and increasing the efficiency and durability of wind turbines. The drive to find sustainable energy sources is one of the most pressing concerns facing society.

Joining the computer-aided battle against antibiotic resistance

Dame Sally Davies, the outgoing Chief Medical Officer for England, pulls no punches when it comes to the threat of antibiotic resistance. She has called for an ‘Extinction Rebellion-type’ response to it, describing it as ‘catastrophic’ and ‘as dangerous as climate change’.

The Pistoia Alliance has been pioneering initiatives that will support organisations as they work to enable and engage Fair (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles of data management and stewardship in their organisations.

Collaborating on AI and machine learning processors

Achronix and Bittware collaborate on a new FPGA designed for cloud, AI and machine learning applications, writes Robert Roe

Energy-efficient supercomputing

By increasing the energy efficiency of a supercomputer scientists can save huge amounts of money over the total lifecycle of the system. With ever-increasing core counts and increasingly large supercomputers, the drive for increased computational power comes at a cost.

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