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November / December 2003

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The measures of Mankind

1 November 2003

People differ in many ways, which is why biometrics is a booming business and why Michael Kenward found a wealth of related websites

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Chemical brain in a box

1 November 2003

ChemBrain doesn't look unusual. It has a straightforward Windows interface and dialogue boxes, albeit in an older style and perhaps slightly inelegant in places. But, aesthetics aside, ChemBrain is different, reports David Bradley

September / October 2003

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Is life too complex?

1 September 2003

Complex systems are a growing area of research, and finding good sites can be complicated, says Michael Kenward

July / August 2003

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internet research on the internet

1 July 2003

The Internet is itself a suitable case for research, as Michael Kenward found when surfing sites on the Web given over to research on the Web into the Web

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Chromatography integrates well

1 July 2003

The way to interface and integrate chromatography data systems is a major theme in this issue's review of laboratory information management systems, writes Phillip Hill

May / June 2003

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Adding up the value of maths

1 May 2003

Companies should regard mathematical calculations as a form of corporate knowledge to be retained and re-used, Allen Razdow, one of the founders of Mathsoft, told Tom Wilkie.

March / April 2003

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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

January / February 2003

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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

November / December 2002

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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

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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

September / October 2002

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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

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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

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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.

July / August 2002

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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

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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

May / June 2002

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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