At the annual OCEANS 2021 in San Diego, Sofar Ocean Technologies, the world’s largest real-time ocean intelligence platform, introduced a new marine hardware standard, Bristlemouth, aimed at catalyzing more collaboration, research and innovation for big data from the oceans. Sofar CEO, Tim Janssen, will join partners from DARPA, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and…
Mike McKee appointed as Dotmatics’ president to lead data-driven scientific research
Dotmatics, an Insightful Science company that provides scientific informatics software to drive the automation of lab data workflows and accelerate critical R&D discovery, announced the appointment of Mike McKee as its new President. McKee is an experienced CEO with a demonstrated history of leadership in the technology industry. In his role, McKee will continue to…
High-speed alloy creation might revolutionize hydrogen’s future
From Sandia National Laboratories A Sandia National Laboratories team of materials scientists and computer scientists, with some international collaborators, have spent more than a year creating 12 new alloys — and modeling hundreds more — that demonstrate how machine learning can help accelerate the future of hydrogen energy by making it easier to create hydrogen…
Almost half of life science professionals say their understanding of quantum computing is still “beginner level”
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, has released new results from a survey of life science professionals finding that almost half classify their understanding of quantum computing (QC) technology at beginner level (48%) only. This is followed by intermediate (29%), advanced (13%) and expert at…
Sandia 3D-imaging workflow has benefits for medicine, electric cars and nuclear deterrence
From Sandia National Laboratory Sandia National Laboratories researchers have created a method of processing 3D images for computer simulations that could have beneficial implications for several industries, including health care, manufacturing and electric vehicles. At Sandia, the method could prove vital in certifying the credibility of high-performance computer simulations used in determining the effectiveness of…
Lonza to present free webinar on how laboratories can maximize efficiency
On September 21, Lonza will host a free 30-minute webinar to discuss how quality control (QC) laboratories can maximize efficiency for reduced costs and time-to-results by combining Lonza’s MODA-EM Software and the Growth Direct System from Rapid Micro Biosystems. Webinar attendees will also have the chance to engage with the expert presenters in a live…
ENPICOM’s powerful liability prediction solution to de-risk antibody development
ENPICOM, a bioinformatics software company, announced at the Biologics UK conference new IGX Platform capabilities to accurately annotate exposed liabilities, perform structural modeling of antibodies at scale and determine developability profiles using customizable penalties. This major development allows researchers to improve their candidate selection by making accurate developability predictions for thousands of sequences at the…
What if the secret to your brain’s elusive computing power is its randomness?
From Sandia National Laboratories If you’ve ever asked a car mechanic how long a part will last until it breaks, odds are they shrugged their shoulders. They know how long parts last on average, and they can see when one is close to breaking. But knowing how many miles are left is extremely difficult, even…
Pathways to production
From Sandia National Laboratory Biologists at Sandia National Laboratories developed comprehensive software that will help scientists in a variety of industries create engineered chemicals more quickly and easily. Sandia is now looking to license the software for commercial use, researchers said. Sandia’s stand-alone software RetSynth uses a novel algorithm to sort through large, curated databases…
Department of Energy invests $2.8M for novel research in high-performance algorithms
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $2.8 million for six research projects to develop faster and more efficient ways to apply high-performance computing for scientific discoveries. The projects – housed in six states and involving five universities and one DOE national laboratory – will focus on the development of “randomized algorithms” for transforming DOE…
Dotmatics appoints Michael Swartz as a senior VP to support continued rapid growth
Dotmatics, an Insightful Science company and providers of the cloud-first platform for scientific research, announced it has appointed Michael Swartz to lead its Enterprise Product Strategy and Management functions. Dotmatics is an enterprise B2B software company serving the global scientific R&D industry and is backed by Insight Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm…
DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory and Hewlett Packard Enterprise ready for exascale era with new testbed supercomputer
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveiled a new testbed supercomputer to prepare critical workloads for future exascale systems that will deliver up to 4x faster performance than Argonne’s current supercomputers. The new system, which Argonne has named Polaris, will be built by HPE, and hosted and…
Thermo Fisher and ChromSword deliver HPLC and UHPLC method development system
Thermo Fisher Scientific and ChromSword, a provider of innovative software products, have collaborated to launch an automated high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) method development system that enables chromatographers to deliver robust and validated methods in less time and with higher confidence. The new Thermo Scientific Vanquish Method Development HPLC…
Dotmatics to implement Croda’s R&D digital program: AI and data mining
Dotmatics, a scientific informatics software and services company, announces it has been selected by Croda International to implement its Research and Development (R&D) digital program. Croda creates, makes and sells specialty chemicals that are used by industries and consumers. This new project will deepen Croda’s ability to innovate collaboratively, both internally and externally, delivering enhanced…
BIO-ISAC formed to protect bioeconomy infrastructure from increasing attacks
Dotmatics, a scientific informatics software and services company that is helping to automate laboratory data workflows for scientific discovery and innovation research, has announced that Charles Fracchia, VP of Data and founder of BioBright, a Dotmatics company, has been appointed to the Bioeconomy Information Sharing and Analysis Center (BIO-ISAC) Board of Directors and the Executive…
Scientists create world’s thinnest magnet
By Theresa Duque, Berkeley Lab The making of the world’s thinnest magnet: In this video, Berkeley Lab faculty scientist Jie Yao describes how he and his team achieved their record-breaking 2D magnet, the first one-atom-thin magnet that operates at room temperature. (Credit: Jenny Nuss and Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab) The development of an ultrathin magnet that…
U.S. Army’s Sentinel A4 radar program receives Orolia M-Code solution
In September 2019, Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract to develop the U.S. Army’s Sentinel A4 system, an air and missile defense radar that will provide improved capability against dynamic threats. The following November, Orolia Defense & Security announced the availability of M-Code Military GPS receivers in its flagship SecureSync – the first Defense Information…
Leading experts urge applying the power of quantum technology to sustainability in new documentary
A new documentary – Quantum Technology | Our Sustainable Future from The Quantum Daily, developed in partnership with Oxford Instruments Nanoscience – was released today with a call from industry experts to leverage the power of quantum computing in addressing the world’s urgent sustainability challenges. The global premiere of Quantum Technology | Our Sustainable Future is…
The natural resources industry can no longer afford to be a digital laggard
By John Skero, Director of Product Management at Elsevier The process of extracting natural resources has formed the backbone of modern economies – whether this be mining, forestry or oil and gas exploration. But today, many organizations have recognized the urgent need to find ways to produce natural resources in a more sustainable way. This…
$4M DOE grant will use high-performance exascale computing
By Holly Ober UC Riverside engineers will soon be using supercomputers and machine learning to control the behavior of materials with light. The project, a collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or LBNL, has received a $4 million grant from the Department of Energy to use high-performance exascale computing to control material systems with light.…
DOE provides $28M to advance scientific discovery using supercomputers
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces $28 million in funding for five research projects to develop software that will fully unleash the potential of DOE supercomputers to make new leaps in fields such as quantum information science and chemical reactions for clean energy applications. “DOE’s national labs are home to some of the world’s fastest…
Advancing future energy technologies with more accurate electrochemical simulations
Accurate predictive simulations of the electrochemical reactions that power solar fuel generators, fuel cells and batteries could advance these technologies through improved material design, and by preventing detrimental electrochemical processes, such as corrosion. However, electrochemical reactions are so complex that current computational tools can only model a fraction of all relevant factors at one time…
NUS researchers bring attack-proof quantum communication two steps forward
by National University of Singapore Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a method for secure communication that uses quantum mechanics to encrypt information. While the security of QKD is unbreakable in principle, if it is incorrectly implemented, vital information could still be stolen by attackers. These are known as side-channel attacks, where the attackers exploit weaknesses…
What are supercomputers?
Today’s personal computer (PC) is far more powerful than its predecessor from previous generations and, unlike PCs of the past, can handle numerous operations at once, but it is no match for a supercomputer. The supercomputer is like asking 100 million PCs to work on a complex problem. Supercomputers have many processors that split problems…
Formedix and CDISC unite to provide free access to CDASH-Compliant eCRFs for accelerated clinical trial set-up
Formedix, a provider of clinical trial software solutions, has collaborated with CDISC, a clinical research data standards development organization, to create a novel portal providing free access to ready-to-use, CDASH-compliant, annotated electronic case report forms (eCRFs). As part of this partnership, Formedix’s innovative all-in-one cloud-based clinical metadata repository (CMDR) and study automation platform — ryze…