How HPC is Boosting Cutting-Edge Biology
High Performance Computing (HPC) is adding momentum to the evolution of biological science and a revolution in our understanding of how biological systems function – …
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Creating Future Masters in Heritage Science
The way we understand, preserve and present the past – and the cultural, educational, social and economic value we derive from heritage and from the arts more widely – is receiving a big boost from a ground-breaking Doctoral Training Centre launched in 2014.
Why Use High Performance Computing with Dr. Vincent
We sat down with Dr. Peter Vincent to gain some insight into his research at Vincent Lab (www.imperial.ac.uk/aeronautics/research/vincentlab/). Dr. Vincent has been a key user …
King’s College London Joins SES
King’s College London, one of the world’s leading research and teaching universities, has recently joined the Science and Engineering South Consortium (SES). Ranked in the top …
Prospects in Data Science: Going Digital in the New Forest
Last week, data scientists, researchers and students descended upon Carey’s Manor in the depths of the New Forest to attend the 2016 Data Science Symposium, hosted …
Guest Post: Sinan Shi talks #SESBigData
Sinan Shi, Research Software Developer at University College London, was among the invited guests at SES’s Big Data event. He recaps the day and reflects …
Solving unsteady fluid flows with Hyperflux
An Innovate UK- and EPSRC-funded project called Hyperflux is bringing together industry and academia to tackle the problem of modeling unsteady fluid flow. Peter Vincent, …
Slowing the ageing process
By 2024, it’s estimated that over half of the population of the UK will be over 50 years old. That statistic has implications both for …
Patient-specific Drug Choice
Choosing the right drug for a patient with cancer is a complicated challenge. There is such a wide range of options, and it can be …
Stable compounds of Gallium, Indium and Thallium in the +2 oxidation state
In a paper published in Nature Chemistry, a team of experimental chemists from the Universities of Oxford, Monash and Queensland, in collaboration with computational chemists …
Modelling mutations for cancer cure
The p53 tumour suppressor protein, when it works properly, helps to prevent cancer. It does so by inducing the arrest of the cell cycle, by …
Environmentally Friendly Heterogeneous Catalysis
Researchers at UCL are using a range of sophisticated computational tools to simulate and predict the chemical processes that take place at the surfaces of metal and other material surfaces.