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Stake your life on a LIMS

1 March 2004

Doctors depend on pathology labs for accurate diagnoses, and path labs depend on ever more sophisticated LIMS, Peter Rees reports

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Stuck in the middleware

1 March 2004

Grid computing won't happen without glue to hold it together, as Michael Kenward finds when investigating middleware

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From correcting errors to building quantum computers

1 March 2004

John Murphy profiles the Director of the Institute of Quantum Computing at Waterloo University, Ontario

Biology meets IT... again

1 January 2004

More than bioinformatics, systems biology is the coming thing, even if at first it confused Michael Kenward

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Looking forward to a substitute for human vision

1 January 2004

John Murphy profiles Rama Chellappa, pioneer of image processing and computer vision

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Saturn, slime molds, and life support

1 January 2004

Robust control theory has some surprising applications, and software can ease the process, writes Brian Cogan

Food firm benefits from information system

1 November 2003

J. Kelly Ganjei, Terry Smallmon and Charles Lee of LabVantage report how LIMS helped a food firm

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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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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

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Acquisitions and mergers take centre stage

1 November 2003

In this final review of 2003, Phillip Hill looks at the collaborations and concentrations that have taken place in the LIMS market this year

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

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Integrated science opens the road to informatics

1 September 2003

Annabel Sedgwick describes how Applied Biosystems is putting researchers firmly in the driving seat in managing their scientific projects

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Software to promote knowledge transfer

1 September 2003

John P. Helfrich, from NuGenesis Technologies, believes that a new class of IT product can capture and manage scientific data to improve drug discovery

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Still hitting home runs

1 September 2003

John Murphy profiles the computational chemistry pioneer and baseball fanatic

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

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big pharma learns how to love information technology

1 July 2003

Economic and business pressures are forcing drug companies to deploy computing, but there are still gaps between what users want and what can be achieved, says Peter Rees

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.

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Laboratory information faces a clinical trial

1 May 2003

At a partnership seminar held recently at its European headquarters, LabWare set out a striking vision of the company's future development. Tom Wilkie was there

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Speaking out to a wall of silence

1 May 2003

John Murphy profiles the developer of the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules

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The revealed grace of the mechanism: computing after Babbage

1 May 2003

Ray Girvan traces the rise of the machines - both digital and analogue - in an era of mechanical computation

March / April 2003

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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

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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

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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

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Playing the numbers game

1 March 2003

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

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Going with the flow

1 March 2003

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

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

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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

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It's about knowing whom to talk to

1 January 2003

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Bringing knowledge back home

1 September 2002

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

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