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October 31, 2012
The trillion-dollar contribution of scientific research to the economy

In our tough economic times, some are asking how much value university academic research and e-infrastructures give to the economy. The answer is a lot – especially if you measure the contribution of recent university graduates – according to studies in the US.

October 24, 2012
Latest tech helps unravel garden variety mutants

Researchers are using the latest next-gen sequencing and a supercomputer to analyze unusual Geranium genomes, which are natural mutants, evolving many times faster than their plant peers. This could impact research on genetically-modified foods.

October 24, 2012
The race to net-energy-gain fusion

The latest computer simulations show that nuclear fusion reactions which produce more power than is put in are just around the corner - but recent experiments have called into question the accuracy of these computer models.

 

 

October 17, 2012
Nobel Prize goes to quantum computing pioneers

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2012 was awarded last week to Serge Haroche and David Wineland, for their ground-breaking experimental methods to measure and manipulate individual quantum systems. Wineland and his colleagues' work holds promise for the creation of practical quantum computers.

October 3, 2012
Shapeable 3D displays are one step closer

October 3, 2012
Things are moving very fast, says 'father of the grid' Ian Foster

With the IEEE International Conference on eScience 2012 under a week away, iSGTW caught up with Ian Foster, general chair and moderator of the event. We get his opinions on the key areas of focus of the program, the challenges being addressed, and what attendees should watch out for.

September 26, 2012
Picking up the long tail of scientific computations

A new and easy way of accessing a global computing grid and the processing power of tens of thousands of cores are at the fingertips of anyone: researcher, student, or citizen scientist.

September 19, 2012
Greetings from Prague!

The iSGTW team is in Prague this week for the 2012 EGI Technical Forum. Make sure you don't miss a thing by following our live tweets from the event.

 

August 29, 2012
Women, technology, and feminism - reflections from India

During last month's XSEDE’12 conference, Gayatri Buragohain, founder of Feminist Approach to Technology in India, highlighted the importance nurturing women's involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at an early age. 

August 22, 2012
Making mega data centers more durable

Researchers in China have come up with a blueprint for restructuring mega data centres to boost performance by reducing the impact of hardware failures

August 1, 2012
Can the world’s problems be solved by computation?

On 21 June 2012, 12 winners of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair awards competition, organized by the Society For Science and The Public, in the US, visited CERN. Their achievements include a visualization tool that could help reduce global CO2 and a faster code to solve non-linear equations – their average age was 17 years old. We caught up with four whose projects were driven by computing.

May 2, 2012
E-infrastructures enter European classrooms

On the 26th April, the Virtual Science Hub launched a beta-version of its website in five European countries. Its goal is to bring together schools and research institutes to improve current science teaching. Students will experience authentic scientific research as it is done today.

May 2, 2012
‘One-stop shop’ saves time & money for life sciences

A new project connects life science researchers with software developers, enabling faster and more accurate computations to be done.

April 25, 2012
Is open hardware creating a more open world?

Today's open-source hardware movement empowers poor rural communities to communicate freely over Wi-Fi,  helps researchers independently measure the speed of neutrinos, and creates new business markets by allowing entrepreneurs to get involved in large projects. Proponents say 2012 is the year open hardware will take flight. But before take-off, the community needs best practice standards to serve as a flight plan.

April 4, 2012
Towards a collaborative data infrastructure for science

EUDAT, the pan-European data project, recently held its first User Forum; topics covered ranged from the advantages of cross-disciplinary data services to the challenges of managing metadata.

February 1, 2012
Molecular eye-candy

 

  Drew Berry, a molecular animator presents his latest research on using CGI animation to help study the infection process of malaria at the TEDx Sydney 2011 conference. Image courtesy TEDx Sydney 2011.

September 7, 2011
Computer literacy in the UK comes under heat

“I was flabbergasted to learn that today computer science isn't even taught as standard in UK schools,” said Google Chairman, Eric Schmidt, at the Edinburgh International Television Festival last week.

June 1, 2011
Contemplating computing with qubits

In our virtual editorial office, Jacqui, Adrian and I have been talking about writing some articles -- maybe even a special issue -- on far future computing technologies, such as quantum computers. Emphasis there on far future.

So imagine my surprise to see HPC Wire's recent article about the first-ever sale of a quantum computer: a 128-qubit (quantum bit) chip computer designed by a company called D-Wave, purchased by Lockheed Martin.

February 11, 2011
IWSG-Life: Workshop for Life Sciences - Paper Deadline 1 April 2011

IWSG-Life 2011 (3rd International Workshop on Science Gateways for Life Sciences)

Workshop Website can be found here.

Workshop Date: 8-10 June 2011

Place: University of Westminster, London, UK

Important dates:

January 26, 2011
Opinion: Future Leaders of Software Engineering

Why are the new breed of software engineers acquiring their skills through 'informal' training? Who will fill the declining enrollment of university software engineering programs and the much needed technical leaders of the future - find out more here.