Do we live in a computer simulation?
14 December, 2012A decade ago, a British philosopher put forth the notion that the universe we live in might in fact be a computer simulation run by our descendants. While that seems far-fetched, perhaps even incomprehensible, a team of physicists at the University of Washington has come up with a potential test to see if the idea holds water.
Optibrium and Digital Chemistry announce technology collaboration to guide drug discovery
05 December, 2012Optibrium and Digital Chemistry, providers of software and database solutions for drug discovery, have announced an agreement to collaborate on the integration of Digital Chemistry’s Bioster database of precedented bioisostere replacements with Optibrium’s StarDrop software suite.
Free pathology tests app launched for patients and doctors
19 November, 2012Patients and their doctors can now get up-to-date information about pathology testing on their smartphones whenever and wherever they need it.
UNE herbarium records to join national online database
12 November, 2012An event at the University of New England (UNE) last month marked the beginning of a new era of research on the plants of north-eastern NSW and the UNE’s contribution to botany.
Dataworks Development Freezerworks sample management and tracking software
01 October, 2012Freezerworks helps research and clinical laboratories, biobanks and repositories keep track of their specimen inventories, from login to testing and shipping. The program also includes options for barcode labelling, particularly in cryogenic environments.
Aaeon Technology IP-67 Water-Proof Fanless Embedded Controller
01 September, 2012Interworld Electronics has released the AEC-6511 IP-67 Water-Proof Fanless Embedded Controller from Aaeon Technology. The product is housed in a water-, dust- and corrosion-proof IP-67 stainless steel case with liquid-proof I/O connectors.
Halytech microSpider Satellite data logger
20 August, 2012Halytech has released a low-power solution for remote monitoring and data logging which uses the Iridium satellite network Short Burst Data (SBD) service for automated data delivery.
No 94 m track for the London Olympics
12 July, 2012Do you remember the Australian mockumentary The Games that satirised the bureaucracy behind the Sydney Olympics? One episode revolved around the 100-metre athletics track, which it turned out was only 94 metres long. Even a decade later, the YouTube clip ‘The Games : The 100 Metres track’ is very funny. However, such things should not happen at the London Olympics as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is providing distance calibration.
Interworld Electronics EKB-106 fully sealed, medical-grade, backlit keyboard
20 June, 2012Interworld Electronics has released the EKB-106 fully sealed, medical-grade, backlit keyboard with an integrated numeric keypad. The keyboard is completely sealed and provides IP67 protection.
CERN really does data: exascale IT challenges for science
18 May, 2012The world’s largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), generates hundreds of millions of particle collisions each second. Recording, storing and analysing these vast numbers of collisions presents a massive data challenge: the LHC produces roughly 20 million GB of data each year.
ImarisVantage visualisation and measurement software for microscopy
07 May, 2012ImarisVantage is a good analytical tool to create and present complex data sets visualised in Imaris. Users can produce informative plots, in which object data can be shown in multiple, scalable dimensions overlaid with original 3D volume data.
Rescentris CERF 4.5 ELN software
01 May, 2012Rescentris has released Version 4.5 of its ELN software product CERF - Collaborative Electronic Research Framework - a scalable cross-platform ELN used to replace paper-based lab recordkeeping and enable controlled access and sharing of research knowledge.
80 orders of magnitude performance improvement for quantum computer
26 April, 2012A 300-atom ion-crystal is poised to be the heart of one of the most powerful computers ever developed - with performance claimed to be 80 orders of magnitude higher than any existing computer.
White Rabbit project to develop an advanced communications technology with ns accuracy
23 April, 2012University of Granada researchers, in collaboration with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), are working on the development of an extremely precise communications and synchronisation system that has an accuracy of one nanosecond. Researchers plan to integrate this system into CERN's accelerators; more specifically, into the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator.
Massive upgrades to research and education data connectivity between Australia and the world
20 April, 2012AARNet and Southern Cross Cable Networks (SCCN) have announced the extension of their SXTransPORT partnership to provide huge upgrades to research and education data connectivity between Australia and the rest of the world. The partnership will see SCCN deliver dual 40 Gbps circuits in 2012 and upgrades to dual 100 Gbps by 2016.
