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Dark matter may find it tougher to hide in our universe.

New network design exploits cheap, power-efficient flash memory without sacrificing speed

Problem: According to the Allotrope Foundation, “Underpinning every experiment, every scientific decision, and every regulatory submission is data generated by a scientist using an instrument in the laboratory.” These mountains of analytical data are analyzed and interpreted in global R&D laboratories to help evaluate, identify, and characterize compounds and formulations. 

Stereophotogrammetry provides unique window into clouds, thus improving climate models.

Lack of quality demographic data is a major obstacle to planning infrastructure in the developing world. In a recent study, a team of researchers from the Santa Fe Institute in the U.S., the University of Manchester in the U.K., and the Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal used anonymized cell phone data to assess the feasibility of electrification options for rural communities in Senegal.

University of Chicago to establish Genomic Data Commons.

In 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue computer beat chess wizard Garry Kasparov. This year, a computer system developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison equaled or bested scientists at the complex task of extracting data from scientific publications and placing it in a database that catalogs the results of tens of thousands of individual studies.

An IT department alone can't plan, implement, and support today's laboratory systems

Check out this call for abstracts for the Data to Drugs and Diagnostics (D2D) conference taking place June 11-12, 2014.