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12 September 2012

Smartphone grids – the future for distributed computing?

With the popularity of smartphones soaring, it's time grid computing projects tapped into this valuable resource, say researchers from Germany.

Andrew Purcell
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Creating cheaper biodegradable plastics

Grid computing is helping scientists to design cheaper and greener plastics for everyday use.

 

Sara Coelho
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diXa: A new data infrastructure for chemical safety

A new research hub for data from toxico-genomics projects aims to avoid the risk of losing old data and enable new scientific opportunities.

Jos Kleinjans
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Rolling in the Higgs
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Spotlight
Arctic ice data shows double decline

With satellite data showing that the area of Arctic sea ice lost per day is now roughly equal to the size of the Czech Republic, iSGTW casts its spotlight on the computing infrastructure behind the observations.

 

 

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From the early days of grid computing to the era of ‘big science’

As iSGTW celebrates its 10th anniversary, Katie Yurkewicz, the publication’s first editor, looks back at the challenges of establishing an e-newsletter to support the fledgling grid-computing community and highlights how the...

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A decade of iSGTW!

This issue marks the 10th anniversary of iSGTW. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our readers and all those who have contributed to the publication over the last decade.

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