"Data compression software has the potential to address some of the most significant data storage, computing and sharing challenges facing biomedical researchers," the NIH said in its announcement.

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PetaGene announced today that their PetaSuite software has been selected to compress the genomics data sets for AstraZeneca’s Centre for Genomics Research ...

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The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.3 million grant to researchers at the University of Arizona to develop open-source software that will enable health care professionals and scientists ...

The steady progress being made in “precision,” or genomic medicine is bringing with it a growing need to get a better handle on soaring data volumes. For example, a single human genome sequence ...

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Many of today's embedded systems are providing more sophisticated solutions to a wide variety of applications and industries. With this increase in sophistication, there is a corresponding increase in ...

Epic Games just made one of the most strategic acquisitions in its history by buying RAD Game Tools. Epic Games now owns RAD Game Tools, the company behind some of the most-used game environment tools ...

In a tiny office in West Palm Beach, Fla., a handful of clunky computers are crunching through a software problem that many consider unsolvable. These are the offices of ZeoSync, a start-up that made ...

Algorithm promises faster data transfer speeds and reduced Web page load times by compressing content up to 8 percent smaller than zlib. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been ...