UC San Diego partners with Venter Institute to build marine microbial genomics cyberinfrastructure
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will build a state-of-the-art computational resource and develop software tools to decipher the genetic code of communities of microbial life in the world's oceans. The new resource will help scientists understand how microbes function in their natural ecosystems, enable studies on the effect humans are having on the environmen...No network infrastructure, no Olympics, no nothing
With Chicago and the region trying to add the Olympics to their list of great accomplishments, they better include updating the network infrastructure with more than just a third-party Wi-Fi agreement. The City that Networks has to look beyond national comparisons on Wi-Fi and into the real competition of global cities that have significant investments in fiber opti...Chicago-Milwaukee "mega-metro" infrastructure improvements are critical
There are already commuters from Wi...Fiber-optic infrastructure spurring city economic development
While some municipalities are fighting AT&T about Project Lightspeed and others are looking at Wi-Fi applications, others are looking at major fiber-optic investments. While these fiber investments have paid off in Utah as we mentioned in last week's column, there are others that we don't hear much about in the Midwest. As one CIO in Jacksonville, Fla. <a href="http...Memphis hospital group installing Johnson Controls wireless infrastructure
The wireless distribution system will provide wireless...Building a improved national health care infrastructure
MADISON - National health care leaders gathered in Wisconsin yesterday to debate how information technology can be leveraged to improve patient safety and quality healthcare. The discussion was the focus on of symposium titled the and was presented by <a href="http://www.uwhealth.org/" tar...Hospitals Receive $60 Million To Improve Infrastructure.
Hospitals in Ontario, Canada receive $60 million for the betterment of the hospital structures and facilities provided by them. // These funds are given to almost 150 hospitals which require structural facelift for the building and fire security. They can also improve the generator facilities as it will be very handy when there is a power cut. The state has decided...WHO Urges Asian Countries To Improve Infrastructure To Tackle Dengue
Asian countries need to improve their infrastructure to prevent and manage outbreaks of dengue. So Singapore's National Environment Agency is hosting// a World Health Organisation (WHO) meeting to chart a roadmap to improve their ability to tackle the disease. Dengue is a prevailing disease for the past two to three decades in Southeast Asia and in the Western Pacific. The...Customize Hospital Infrastructure to Suit the Obese
A specialist has warned that hospitals need to spruce up with infrastructure that is capable of handling the increasing load of overweight //patients requiring emergency care. There appears to be immense complexities involved in accommodating such patients, which needs to be addressed without delay. Dr Peter Grant, a senior staff specialist at St George Hospital said, "Emergency depar...India To Register All Health Care Infrastructure: Ramadoss
India will bring in a new law to register all health care infrastructure in the country by May 2007, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said Monday here. // "The act named as the Clinical Establishment Act will come into force by the middle of next year and will register all health care institutes, infrastructure and human resource in the field available in the country," Ramadoss said i...Cancer Time Bomb Threatening Economic Infrastructure
An article published by the British Medical journal reveals that there has been a tremendous increase in the number of cases of cancer in the Asian region. This has become a// major strain on the already burdened health system. According to a WHO report the number of cases are expected to climb at the rate of 45% which will overtake the even the Americas to 156 to 100,000 as compared...