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With current testing methods unable to accurately assess the more than 2 million experiences of concussion in the US each year, advancements in diagnosis and treatment are critical. Revolutionary, high-resolution 'virtual recordings' of electrical currents in the brain could provide a solution.

Top figures from industry and academia tell iSGTW what they think 2013 has in store. Experts from CERN, The Open Science Grid, European Grid Infrastructure, The Top 500 List, and the Citizen Cyberscience Center share their predictions for the year ahead. 

Plus: What are you most excited about in the world of scientific computing in 2013? Why not tell us in our comments section? 

With the year almost over we look back at the debates, controversies, and achievements in the world of science and computing. Read our countdown of iSGTW’s most popular stories of 2012. 

As grid and cloud computing evolve, so too will the security surrounding both. Read about current efforts to make these infrastructures more secure environments for research.

To improve understanding of cosmic radiation, high-speed research networks are enabling astrophysicists to send terabytes of data across continents, between China and Italy.

The Computing for Sustainable Water Project has run its course following six months of computation on the World Community Grid. The project has focused on the issues surrounding the quality of water in the Chesapeake Bay area, the largest watershed of the Atlantic seaboard of North America. The researchers behind the project hope to apply the lessons learned here to other watersheds around the world.

Astronomers are using grid computing to build an  asteroid famiy tree. The work could be key to revealing the mysterious origins of a new type of comet recently discovered.

Has big data now superseded the grid… and the cloud? Whether or not this is the case, it is vital that in moving from one paradigm to another we do not discard the experience and technology gained previously, says European Grid Infrastructure director Steven Newhouse.

Meet 'Crazy Coconut', the newest version of OpenMOLE, a generic workflow engine which is helping spare computers get put to use improving simulation models.

An online tool called Peachnote uses a distributed computing approach to enable instant identification of classical music scores. But, its terabytes of data may also redefine what we think we know about the classical greats like Beethoven and Mozart.

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.