The Allotrope Foundation, an industry consortium specifically focused on the development of technology solutions for data handling in research, has developed the Allotrope Data Format (ADF), an advanced data structure that marks a major step forward in its efforts to harmonise laboratory data formats
IBM has announced its plans to acquire the medical imaging group, Merge Healthcare, for $1 billion to combine Watsons advanced image analytics and cognitive capabilities with data and images obtained from Merge Healthcare medical imaging management system
In her final article on the challenges facing long-established informatics software vendors, Gloria Metrick considers their expansion into new markets but concludes that, as ever, the customers needs are the driving force
In the second of her articles on how long-established informatics software can continue to meet the needs of todays users, Gloria Metrick considers changing technology and out of the box software
Long-established vendors of informatics software face challenges in keeping up to date with technology, but as Gloria Metrick discusses in the first of three articles on this topic, customer needs are what drives renewal
How computer simulation can cope with material choice, design variants, and replacing physical models will be discussed at the NAFEMS World Congress being held from 21 to 24 June in San Diego, California
Autoscribes Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) has been selected for use in the Energy Innovation Centre at Warwick University
The Pistoia Alliance has announced a series of new initiatives: mapping the ontologies being used in the life sciences; understanding the complex landscape of alliances, foundations, partnerships and consortia in life sciences; and investigating a Standardised Data Warehouse
Genedata is the latest software provider to announce that its product can be used to help large pharma companies outsource to Contract Research Organizations (CROs).
In his final report from the Paperless Lab Academy, Tom Wilkie discusses the role of disruptive technologies such as cloud and big data
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A round-up of the latest cooling technologies for scientists using HPC to support their research.
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With the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the high-performance computing industry’s increasing workloads are contributing to environmental damage
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Autonomous vehicles could help to prevent road accidents and save billions in damages across the world each year.
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The pursuit of exascale HPC systems has been a target of the HPC community since the first petaflop system broke into the Top500 in the June 2008 edition of the biannual list of the fastest supercomputers based on the Linpack
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Simulation software is helping accelerate battery development, writes Gemma Church
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Developing skills to use advanced computing resources such as high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and quantum computing is becoming an increasingly important skill set for
