Life Science

They have the need for speed

IBM has built the first module for Blue Gene, a supercomputer under construction that, by 2006, will crank at 1 petaflops (1 quadrillion operations/sec.). It’s job: figuring out protein folding. IBM Life Science is also developing new algorithms (programs) to do this massive data crunching.

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Coco full of antioxidants

Just remember to wipe off your mustache!

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Korea's part of the pie

Well, Korea isn’t going to let grass grow under it’s feet. They plan to hold 10% of the world biotech market by 2012. The (Korean) government has finalized its plan to build the country into the world’s seventh largest biotechnology player by 2012. Under the plan, Korean companies seek to capture 10 percent of the global market in the next ...

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Biotech's future

Well, some people are bullish about biotech’s future. The US Department of Commerce projects that the biotech sector is set to grow. They surveyed industry execs and found optimism. They also found most biotech is small business (

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