http://www.apple.com/ca/science/ Science RSS Feed provided by Apple. en-us Copyright 2007, Apple Inc. rss-feeds@apple.com Tue, 1 May 2007 11:37:41 EDT Tue, 1 May 2007 11:37:41 EDT Apple In house http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.apple.com/ca/science/profiles/microarraycentre/?sr=science.rss Toronto’s UHN Microarray Core Facility is a world leader in serving the needs of researchers involved in high-throughput study of genomes and proteomes, providing technologies that are used for the study of human and animal biology and disease. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:26:38 PDT http://www.apple.com/ca/science/profiles/harvard/?sr=science.rss The Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing (IIC) brings scientists together to discover new approaches for solving disparate problems with common threads. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:38:17 PDT http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070325/sc_livescience/ipodshelpdoctorsrecognizeheartproblems?sr=science.rss LiveScience.com staff reports that, “Doctors can greatly improve their stethoscope skills and therefore their ability to diagnose heart problems by listening repeatedly to heartbeats on their iPods.” Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:02:24 PDT http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/paloalto/?sr=science.rss High-def endoscopy images and videos on Macs allow physicians at the Palo Alto Veteran’s Hospital to see subtle indications of early cancer lesions, improving their ability to make timely diagnoses. Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:34:31 PST http://www.apple.com/ca/science/insidetheimage/?sr=science.rss A new section in the Apple Science site explores how the visual expression of scientific phenomenona advances our understanding of the world around us. The site will be regularly updated with new articles and images, featuring those by Harvard Senior Research Fellow Felice Frankel. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:24:21 PST http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/induquimica/?sr=science.rss To facilitate its expansion into forensic DNA analysis and genomic research, Induquimíca Laboratorios, one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in Peru, replaced its Windows systems with Macs. Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:30:00 PDT http://www.apple.com/ca/science/profiles/tbi/?sr=science.rss Oil and gas exploration is a high-risk business whose success depends upon accurate seismic imaging and analysis. To ensure that the risk is kept to a minimum, Thrust Belt Imaging implemented a powerful imaging system based on Xserves and Apple Cinema Displays. Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:02:37 PDT http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/aregullin/?sr=science.rss As a “chemical prospector,” as he calls himself, Dr. Manuel Aregullin combs nature’s flora in search of promising chemicals that could lead to the development of new medicine. To aid him in visualizing their structures, he turns to his Macs and ChemDraw. Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:17:42 PDT http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/frankel/?sr=science.rss In the world of scientific visualization, Felice Frankel’s photographic portrayals of nature’s phenomena are unmatched in their beauty and their capacity to communicate science and inspire discoveries. Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:18:03 PDT http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/ucla/?sr=science.rss With OsiriX running on a Mac, UCLA radiologist Dr. Edward Zaragoza and his colleagues have a flexible, easy-to-use, and reliable medical visualization system whose performance rivals that of commercial PACS workstations at a fraction of their cost. Fri, 05 May 2006 09:50:25 PDT http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/hiperwall/?sr=science.rss UC Irvine’s HIPerWall, a new, record-breaking, 200-megapixel display system composed of 50 30-inch Apple Cinema Displays powered by 25 Power Mac G5s, allows scientists to visualize their ever-growing data sets with unprecedented clarity. Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:42:06 PDT http://www.apple.com/ca/science/profiles/sio/?sr=science.rss To see the weather in super-high res, researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography recently built iCluster, a 50-megapixel system composed of 30-inch Apple Cinema Displays driven by Power Mac G5s. Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:14:21 PDT http://www.apple.com/ca/science/profiles/universityofcalgary/?sr=science.rss What can we learn from ants? According to researchers at the University of Calgary who are employing their Macs to apply the latest developments in swarm theory to an array of real-world problems, quite a lot. Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:45:41 PST http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/bowiestate/?sr=science.rss With a limited budget and relying almost entirely on undergraduate students to assemble and configure, Bowie State University built Xseed, an Xserve cluster that ranks among the world’s most powerful computers. Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:00:22 PST http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/10/20/medical.imaging/index.html?sr=science.rss “Osman Ratib, professor and chief of nuclear medicine at the University Hospital of Geneva, has co-created a computer software program called Osirix,” writes Osman Ratib for CNN. “It enables medical professionals to view medical images on their iPods, saving them and the hospitals they work for thousands of dollars in expensive equipment.” Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:02:20 PDT http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/exagen/?sr=science.rss Using proprietary technology and an Xserve G5 cluster to develop predictive and prognostic tests for commercial and clinical use, Exagen Diagnostics is helping to redefine how genomic science gets done. Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:36:46 PDT http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/barmada/?sr=science.rss To help them understand the mystery of inherited diseases, Dr. Michael Barmada and his research team at the University of Pittsburgh have assembled the world’s second-largest genetics cluster — made up of Xserve G5s and Xserve RAIDs and managed with Xsan software. Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:27:46 PDT http://www.apple.com/ca/science/profiles/vogel/?sr=science.rss Yeast cells mimic many of the processes found in every life form on earth. That’s why Dr. Jackie Vogel and a team of biologists at McGill University are seeking to understand — with a little help from their Macs and Volocity — how yeast cells divide. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:37:15 PDT http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/hadjikhani/?sr=science.rss Using MRI, Dr. Nouchine Hadjikhani wants to unravel the mystery of migraines and body language perception. To help her get there is a toolset anchored on a Power Mac G5 and a powerful Mac-only 3D neuroimaging application called NeuroLens. Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:51:10 PDT http://developer.apple.com/business/macmarket/osirix.html?sr=science.rss Medical imaging research is complex, time-consuming and often very expensive, with a wide range of standards, equipment and software available. Medical researchers can find themselves unable to share data easily with colleagues. Two enterprising medical doctors addressed this problem and came up with a Macintosh-only solution called OsiriX that is changing how many in the field examine and share scanned images, medical image data and visualizations. Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:33:33 PDT