Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) identified 77 small-molecule drug compounds that warrant further study in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus
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UK to sequence whole coronavirus genome
23 March 2020
The Government and the UK’s Chief Scientific Adviser have backed plans to map how COVID-19 spreads and behaves using whole-genome sequencing
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Cloud providers rally against COVID-19
20 March 2020
Cloud companies are offering tools, services and funding initiatives to help scientists and researchers combat the growing pandemic.
Covid-19; a message to our readers and commercial partners
17 March 2020
We are still open for business! As of today, everyone at Europa Science – publisher of Scientific Computing World – has been advised to work at home as a precaution against the potential effects of Covid-19.
Micron acquires startup from Purdue
12 March 2020
FWDNXT, a software and hardware startup that spun out of Purdue, was acquired in October by Micron Technology
Laboratory conferences postponed due to COVID-19
06 March 2020
Two European laboratory conferences have been postponed this week due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19
El Capitan supercomputer at LLNL to break 2 exaflops barrier
05 March 2020
AMD in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and HPE, has announced that El Capitan, the upcoming exascale class supercomputer at LLNL, will deliver more than 2 exaflops of double-precision performance.
New journal focuses on discoveries in plant science
27 February 2020
A new open access journal from Cambridge University Press will provide an interdisciplinary forum for high-quality research on discoveries and predictions in plant science
Certara acquires simulation platform for neurodegenerative diseases
26 February 2020
Certara has announced that it has acquired a range of modelling and simulation technology assets from In Silico Biosciences
The Pistoia Alliance’s UDM project reaches milestone
25 February 2020
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, has released the latest Unified Data Model (UDM)
Swansea university launches £35 million engineering research centre
19 February 2020
Students and researchers at Swansea University will benefit from a newly opened research centre designed to provide an environment for fundamental and applied research through academia-industry partnerships
SoftInWay partners with Siemens
19 February 2020
SoftInWay a provider of turbomachinery design and analysis software partnered with Siemens to expand its software portfolio
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