Scientific Computing World - Features

Quality control is food and drink for LIMS

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Clare Sansom explores some recent applications of LIMS in the food and beverage industry

Biosample storage

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Paul Schreier examines which functions are being added to LIMS to make them suitable for biobanking and points to several reference projects.

After 100 issues and 14 years - anything new?

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Scientific Computing World is celebrating 100 issues this month - and that represents 14 years of review and analysis of software for scientists and engineers.

Going with the flow

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Peter Coveney, honorary professor of computer science, University College London

Doctor, doctor, I think I’m a computer...

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Felix Grant takes the temperature of the medical sector from a scientific computing perspective

New dimensions in printing

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

3D printers are becoming more affordable and are breaking into new application areas. However, as Paul Schreier reports, we’re not yet at the point where files are as easy to print as with document printers – software for fixing and preparing files for rapid prototyping is still required

Scientific supercomputing in Germany

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Gemma Simpson assesses the market for high-performance computing in Germany, with a look at HPC centres and the scientific projects placed there

In profile: National Instruments

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

In 1976, three talented entrepreneurs seeded the 'measurement revolution' by launching a little-known startup named National Instruments.

The universe in a desktop

Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Carlos Frenk, Ogden professor of fundamental physics, University of Durham

Virtual bodies

Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Paul Schreier examines progress towards accurate models built on the systems biology approach

The software driving the petrochemicals industry

Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Gemma Simpson looks at the key decisions made by petrochemicals companies looking for software

Towards a data analytic society

Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Felix Grant on the use of statistics in the analysis of society

In profile: LabWare

Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

LabWare was founded in 1988, when it specialised in instrument automation solutions.

Living the vision

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Professor Kathy Yelick, director, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Analysis beyond the transcriptome

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Data management in the field of microarrays is all about statistical rigour, as Clare Sansom discovers