Apple Research & Technology Support

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University of Oxford leads cystic fibrosis studies with Mac

The University of Oxford is using bespoke Apple technology for groundbreaking research into cystic fibrosis, with researchers working towards a better understanding of both the causes and potential treatments for the disease.

King’s College mathematicians are Apple grid pioneers

Mathematicians at King’s College London are using Apple technology to pioneer the use of grid computing and explore the mysteries of the financial world. Apple’s grid computing solution will help improve financial valuation and risk assessment, benefiting mortgage and pension holders as well as financial institutions.

EPFL Gene Research Powered by Apple

Gene research designed to improve our understanding of cancer and other diseases, undertaken at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Geneva, was the first project to receive support from the Apple Research & Technology Support (ARTS) programme.

Studying the Early Universe with Macs

Another team of EPFL scientists are harnessing the Mac’s power and graphics capabilities to help explain and visualise the structure and evolution of the universe. This unique project — based at the Signal Processing Institute (ITS) in EPFL’s School of Engineering and supported by the ARTS programme — is one of the most important international initiatives in signal processing.

Apple installation boots scientific information processing

Scientific information analysis has received a significant boost from a new Apple Xgrid installation at the University of Freiburg in Germany. The technology needed by the university’s scientists to better analyse research data of material and life sciences is being provided by the ARTS programme. An innovative skin cancer research project has become one of the first projects to benefit from the increase in computing power.

INRIA’s Cardiac Research Gets Apple Boost

Based at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), the CardioSense3D project uses Apple technology provided through the ARTS programme to simulate the heart’s behaviour, producing detailed models to help doctors improve prevention of heart disease, diagnosis of symptoms and treatment of cardiac problems.

Institut Pasteur Boosts Drug Development

Drug development in science institutions across the world are benefiting from Apple’s support for the Institut Pasteur in Paris. The Institut is using Apple technology to help its unique work in modelling the biological movement of macromolecules, making them available online to the global science community to aid better understanding of illness and more precise drug design.

Exploring Forty Million Years of Climate Change

Scientists at the National Oceonography Centre in Southampton are helping improve understanding of the Earth’s changing climate, using Apple’s Xgrid technology to investigate data about deep sea sediment that is millions of years old. The researchers, backed by the ARTS programme, hope that climate records from the past will help explain how dramatic rises in CO2 levels might affect us in the future.

Swedish NMR Centre Speeds Bio-molecular Research

Scientists at the Swedish NMR Centre will be able to analyse bio-molecular structures up to 100 times faster, and far more accurately, using Apple as the platform for real-time, high-throughput processing of data from multiple experiments. This important project — which is now supported by the ARTS programme — will benefit research into diseases and new drug developments.

Apple Technology Drives Carbohydrate Research

More effective vaccines and safer food storage are just two potential benefits from new carbohydrate research being undertaken at the University of Cape Town. Supported by the ARTS programme, the project simulates and visualises the molecular dynamics of large carbohydrate systems — to better understand the body’s immune reactions, and the mysterious ways some plants are protected from cold and dehydration.

Cluster VS Cancer is Powered by Apple

A major new approach to cancer research is being backed by Apple technology and expertise. The University of Lausanne’s Cluster VS Cancer project harnesses spare computing power from across the world to simulate important experiments, and speed up development of solutions to the disease. Apple is helping to create the project’s grid computing infrastructure through the Apple Research & Technology Support (ARTS) programme.