2007

Apple hardware in science

31 December 2007 - Filed in: Apple Mac OS X

Reasons to use Apple technology in a scientific environment. Read More...

SPSS 16 available

29 December 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X data analysis Applications

A new version of SPSS is available.

SPSS is one of the real heavyweights in the statistical analysis area but the Mac version lagged behind. It now looks like version 16 brings a major upgrade for Mac users Read More...

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An Applescript Droplet that uses a command-line application

27 December 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applescript

How to create a droplet that accesses a UNIX application. Read More...

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Applescript Tutorials

18 December 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applescript

Updated Applescript Tutorials Read More...

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Data Analysis Tools

16 December 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applications data analysis

I've just added Regress+ to the page of data analysis tools. Read More...

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Applescript Lecture

14 December 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applescript

I gave a lecture at the Scientific computing meeting at Cambridge University on using Applescript to build a User interface for Unix command-line applications. Read More...

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Intel Compilers

10 December 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Programming Intel

Intel has released a new version of their compilers (C++ and Fortran) that appears to work properly on Mac OS X Leopard Read More...

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CLC Workbench

08 December 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applications bioinformatics

Update to the CLC bioinformatics workbenches. Read More...

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LibraryMCS

04 December 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X java Cheminformatics

I just heard about this offering from ChemAxon LibraryMCS clusters a set of chemical structures on a structural basis. Read More...

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Print Folder Contents

01 December 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applescript

An applescript to print the names of all files and folders within a chosen folder (and sub-folders) using a couple of unix commands wrapped in an applescript. Read More...

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NAG libraries for Intel Macs.

22 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X leopard Programming

The Numerical Algorithms Group has announced the release of the NAG libraries for Intel Macs.
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OnScreen DNA

20 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applications

DNA visualization tool available. Read More...

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Applescript Tutorial 9

15 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applescript chemdraw Cheminformatics

Embedding chemical metadata into image files. Read More...

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Aabel updated

14 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X data analysis leopard

Just in from Gigawiz, Aabel updated for Leopard. Read More...

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Applescript tutorial 8

13 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applescript chemdraw

Getting chemical structure embedded in images. Read More...

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proFit updated

11 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X leopard data analysis

ProFit updated for Leopard. Read More...

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Docking.org

10 November 2007 - Filed in: science docking

John Irwin has updated the docking.org site. Read More...

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X11 in Leopard problems

10 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X leopard X11

In Leopard, Apple switched from XFree86 to X.org for its X11 implementation. This seems to have caused a number of issues.
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TinkerTool

08 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X leopard

A new version of TinkerTool is available. Read More...

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Chemdraw Plugin

07 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X chemdraw leopard Chemical drawing

Issues with Chemdraw plugin. Read More...

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Scientific Applications under Mac OS X 10.5

06 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X leopard

It is often difficult to find compatibility information about scientific applications under a new version of the operating system. Read More...

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Papers

03 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Reference Management

I see that the reference management application Papers has been updated. Read More...

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MatLab under Leopard

02 November 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Programming

Mathworks are reporting that MatLab runs under Mac OS X 10.5 there are two significant issues with running Simulink on Mac OS X 10.5: Read More...

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Mathematica Player

16 October 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X

Ever wondered how you might share Mathematica notebooks with people who don't have a copy of Mathematica?
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2007 Nobel Prizes

10 October 2007 - Filed in: science

Two European scientists France's Albert Fert and Germany's Peter Gruenberg have won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics Read More...

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Multicore processing

09 October 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Apple multicore

Is the trend towards multi-core processing leading towards major problems ahead? Read More...

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mMass

04 October 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applications Mass spec

mMass - Open Source Mass Spectrometry Tool Read More...

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Using a web Viewer to render structures

02 October 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X FileMaker

Using a web viewer within the FileMaker database to display a web page that uses the chemdraw plugin to render the structure. Read More...

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RSS Feed

21 September 2007 - Filed in: RSS

Feedburner RSS feed working. Read More...

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Migrating from Parallels to Fusion

21 September 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X virtual Machine

There is a very useful article on MacCentral regarding "Migrating from Parallels to Fusion". Read More...

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Updated Reference Management Applications

19 September 2007 - Filed in: Reference Management Mac OS X Applications

Updated Reference Management Applications page Read More...

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Apple Store Offer to students

17 September 2007 - Filed in: Apple

Students can get an iPod with free with a laptop purchase.

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Comparing version number in applescript

10 September 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applescript iBabel

Using the applescript command "considering numeric strings" Read More...

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Apple September Special Event

06 September 2007 - Filed in: Apple

The new iPod lineup. Read More...

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A Review of the latest version of ChemBioDraw

05 September 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applications chemdraw Chemical drawing

I've written a review of the latest version of ChemBioDraw (AKA ChemDraw) Read More...

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Bringing Scientific Applications to Mac OS X

04 September 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applications

Poll to test "Test the water" on brining applications to Mac OS X Read More...

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LabView on the Mac

03 September 2007 - Filed in: labview Macosx

A summary of the LabView on Mac meeting. Read More...

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MOE

31 August 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applications Molecular modeling

Updated MOE Review Read More...

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BibDesk

31 August 2007 - Filed in: Reference Management Mac OS X Applications

BibDesk has been updated. Read More...

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AutoDock

24 August 2007 - Filed in: docking Applications

The molecular docking program AutoDock has been updated to version 4.

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EndNote XI

22 August 2007 - Filed in: Reference Management Mac OS X Applications Applescript

EndNote has been updated to version XI Read More...

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CrystalEye

21 August 2007 - Filed in: crystallography

The aim of the CrystalEye project is to aggregate crystallography from web resources. Read More...

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Gigaelement FFTs on x86-based Apple clusters

18 August 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X

Yet more from the Advanced Computation Group. Read More...

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Aabel

18 August 2007 - Filed in: data analysis Mac OS X Applications

Aabel has been updated Read More...

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LigBuilder

18 August 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X Applications ligand Cheminformatics

Compiling LigBuilder under Mac OS X. Read More...

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Virtulization under MacOSX

17 August 2007 - Filed in: Mac OS X linux windows bootcamp virtulization

A comparison of the different ways to run Windows applications on a Mac. Read More...

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RSS Feed

15 August 2007 - Filed in: RSS

Now using Feedburner Read More...

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ChemAxon

14 August 2007 - Filed in: java Chemistry Cheminformatics

I had a message from ChemAxon saying they had updated some of their products and I thought it might be worth a summary of their wares. Whilst Java based everything works fine on a Mac and note:-

Instant JChem Personal (an new OS independent desktop application for working with chemical and non chemical data) and Marvin, a chemical editor and viewer suite are free for all users
All products are free for academic teachers and researchers - including the enterprise edition of Instant JChem
Most products are free for freely accessible, non commercial websites

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