Recently added articles from Scientific Computing:
Which LIMS is best? The answer depends on your organization's needs and desires.(Informatics)
May 01, 2009; ... As a LIMS consultant, I am frequently asked Which LIMS is the best? When asked Which car is the best? Some will say Bentley or Cadillac; some will say Mercedes or Beemer; and some will say Toyota, Nissan or any other Asian make of car, and some may say Fiat. The answer depends on the ...
LABWORKS LIMS 6.1.(New Products)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LABWORKS LIMS 6.1 is a laboratory information management system with a zero footprint Web client. It is designed to be effectively deployed with minimal user training and to consistently perform on a wide variety of Web browsers, supporting the unique ...
Chromeleon 7.(Product/service evaluation)
May 01, 2009 ... Chromeleon 7 chromatography data system is designed to combine intelligent functionality with a new design based on Operational Simplicity. Central to its design is eWorkflows, a new automation framework that simplifies chromatography processes and accommodates operators of different skill ...
Exemplar LIMS 3.0.0.(New Products)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Exemplar LIMS 3.0.0 features a Data Type Designer that enables data management capabilities with zero programming to build any type of data management application. It is designed to be a clinical trial management system, an enterprise data integration ...
ACD/Labs 12.(New Products)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ACD/Labs 12 is software for the pharmaceutical, biotech and chemical industries. It provides solutions to enable property-based lead discovery and optimization, metabolite identification, chromatographic method development and ...
Manga guide to statistics: statistics with heart-pounding excitement (well, maybe).(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... This is something new. Not to the world, but to readers of this column. For those of you not into cartoons or comic books, Manga is (are) a genre of Japanese comic books and cartoons. They are usually drawn in black and white format and cover a wide range of subject matter. Wikipedia has ...
JMP 8: continuous improvement: the latest version of this statistical discovery software offers stunning graphics quality.
May 01, 2009; ... [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] It is always a pleasure to greet an old friend and, with each new release of JMP statistical/graphics software from SAS, excitement never abates. This major upgrade includes additions to the statistics, graphics, QA, ease-of-use, SAS integration and data ...
MapleSim Connectivity Toolbox.(Product/service evaluation)
May 01, 2009 ... MapleSim Connectivity Toolbox enables users to export high-performance MapleSim models into Simulink, thus taking advantage of the intuitive, multi-domain physical modeling environment of MapleSim as part of their toolchain. High-fidelity MapleSim models are automatically converted ...
Cheminformatics Collection for Pipeline Pilot.(Product/service evaluation)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cheminformatics Collection for Pipeline Pilot is a list management and query services (LMQS) query and retrieval system designed to simplify searching of scientific databases, including chemistry data sources, and to support the development of enterprise ...
ISys 64-bit Edition.(Product/service evaluation)
May 01, 2009 ... ISys 64-bit Edition is chemical imaging data analysis software that provides a single platform to support import of MIR, NIR and Raman imaging and mapping data files from a variety of vendors. It includes all the tools ...
ControlChartPro Live.(Product/service evaluation)
May 01, 2009 ... ControlChartPro Live is on-demand, hosted quality control charting software designed to quickly and easily generate analytical control charts for laboratory quality control programs. It allows researchers to organize data by projects and data sets for better data management. Other features ...
What you should know before selecting an ELN: electronic laboratory notebooks have evolved into four distinct types of systems.
May 01, 2009; ... In my last article on electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN), I noted that the technology had migrated from use only by visionary users to the broader market in just a few short years. (1) I also stated that there are many different flavors of products available, from general-purpose ...
Roadmap to a clear definition of ELN: the concept of an electronic laboratory notebook has been around for some years, but the actual definition of what it is remains elusive.
May 01, 2009; ... Back in the late 1980s, my employer at the time, the now-defunct Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), was getting their arms around what they were calling computer integrated new drug applications (CINDA). The need for CINDA was obvious; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it can ...
Automation--step by step: four levels of paperless automation, control and integration for laboratory analysis.(ELNs)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In laboratories performing routine analyses on a regular and on-going basis, there are real advantages to moving away from paper-based processes by implementing an electronic laboratory notebook (ELN). Immediate benefits are delivered by simply eliminating ...
Can't touch this: wireless power transmission.
May 01, 2009; ... A few years ago, a colleague and I enjoined a group of undergraduates on an old-fashioned field trip to the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, NJ. We took the public tour and visited the storied laboratories that witnessed the development of the incandescent light bulb and ...
Making the right connection: how to choose the best interface for your purposes.
May 01, 2009; ... Helping to drive interoperability between computers over networks, industry standards have facilitated the growth of local area networks (LAN), storage area networks (SAN) and the Internet. The virtue of standardization is that much of the time-consuming engineering is eliminated and, ...
TracerDAQ Pro.(Product/service evaluation)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TracerDAQ Pro has been completely reengineered to address expanding test and measurement needs, offering functionality and throughput, while also delivering an out-of-the-box, non-programming solution. It provides four virtual instrument applications used ...
Pipette Tracker Validation Toolkits.(Product/service evaluation)
May 01, 2009 ... Pipette Tracker Validation Toolkits include an Excel spreadsheet template with a built-in macro that automatically verifies all file names, sizes and version numbers required and installed by Pipette Tracker Pro or Pipette Tracker Pro+. All installed files, sizes and version numbers are ...
Universal analog input module.(Product/service evaluation)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Universal analog input module to USB-2404 series of simultaneous data acquisition devices provides four channels of 24-bit universal analog input with integrated signal conditioning. It can be used to measure signal types from RTDs, thermocouples, load ...
Next generation sequencing: elements for success: meeting dramatically increased computational and storage requirements of today's life science instruments.(NOW PLAYING ...)
May 01, 2009; ... Suzanne Tracy, Editor in Chief The latest generation of life science instruments boasts both huge advances in technology as well as significant reduction in costs. The affordability of these new instruments enables more scientists to engage in new areas of research and to use these tools ...