Using biostatistics to detect disease outbreaks
15 July, 2008
CSIRO aims to use biostatistics to generate better information from health data, contributing to improved health outcomes for Australians.
Data collector
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: CMC Technologies Pty Ltd
The TR-57U data shuttle from TandD Corporation is a handheld collector that can collect up to 256,000 readings (16 completely full loggers) from loggers.
STARLIMS Laboratory information management
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: STARLIMS Australasia Pty Ltd
STARLIMS V10 is a fully web-based, off-the-shelf LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) designed for a wide variety of laboratory types operating in scientific and industrial disciplines.
Copy number analysis software
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: http://www.biodiscovery.com
The Nexus Copy Number Professional version 3.0 software provides complete data integration, allowing thousands of arrays along with their clinical annotations from any array platform, such as Agilent, Affymetrix, Illumina, Roche Nimblegen and Empire Genomics, to be loaded and processed in a single project.
Infrared databases
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Bio-Rad Laboratories Pty Ltd
Bio-Rad Laboratories has released seven infrared databases including: name of database number of spectra; pharmaceutical excipients 882; biochemicals 590; pollutants (IR vapour phase) 910; flavours and fragrances (IR vapour phase) 496; protective materials 772; acrylates and methacrylates 478; steroids, androgens, progestins and estrogens 305.
Surface imaging and analysis software
06 March, 2008 | Supplied by: Keysight Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
Pico Image is a modular atomic force microscope (AFM) imaging and analysis software package designed for AFM users working in a wide range of research applications. Pico Image analyses image data and generates dynamic, highly detailed surface analysis reports with power and ease.
BCL 8 bar code reader
06 March, 2008 | Supplied by: Balluff Pty Ltd
The use of bar codes and suitable bar code reading systems can open up scope for the simple automation and optimisation of pathology operating processes. With the aid of a very small bar code reader, this technology can be used even in miniaturised systems and devices or wherever space is at a premium. The BCL 8 is the size of a matchbox, making it suitable for solutions under even the most cramped conditions.
Computational quantum chemical methods for drug development
08 January, 2008
Natural-products chemists may be able to decrease the amount of time it takes for the development of certain types of medicinal drugs.
A free alternative to Matlab, Maple, Mathematica and Magma
13 December, 2007
An open-source tool that allows physicists and mathematicians to solve complex equations, without spending hundreds of thousands on expensive software, has won first prize in the scientific software division of Les Trophées du Libre, an international competition for free software.
Documentation camera
06 December, 2007 | Supplied by: Pathtech Pty Ltd
The Spot Insight Camera is a scientific documentation camera which is available with either 2 or 4 megapixel versions.
Computer grid advocate celebrates a year of networking
21 November, 2007
International Science Grid This Week (iSGTW) celebrated its one-year anniversary this November.
High resolution chart recorders
07 November, 2007 | Supplied by: CrispTech Pty Ltd
The VR series range of paperless chart recorders features two models. The VR6 offers up to six analog inputs and the VR18 handles up to 18. The recorders offer high VGA screen resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. The colour LCD screen is also large and highly readable, giving a 6.4" display.
IDENTILAB laboratory labelling software
06 July, 2007 | Supplied by: Brady Australia Pty Ltd
Brady's IDENTILAB Laboratory Labelling Software lets you create legible, professional labels for your lab samples in minutes. Created for lab users, IdentiLab label software features a lab-friendly interface and hundreds of parts and graphics categorised by common lab applications, making creating legible, durable and accurate labels quick and easy.
Exciting times in the era of the electronic medical record
17 November, 2006
The mission and goals of hospital laboratories are changing rapidly with greater emphasis on activities such as point-of-care testing and outreach testing, working in tandem with other automated systems in the hospital.
Australian wins highest international honour in mathematics
28 August, 2006
The Fields Medal, considered to be the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, was awarded to Professor Terence Tao. This is the first time an Australian has won this award.
