List of Cloud-based tools for research: Internet sites for Academic Science and Technology

Source:  available for free until Sept 14th 2014
Paywall access here: Science Direct

 

Connecting researchers
Academia	LinkedIn for researchers	http://www.academia.edu
Addgene	Share and order plasmids	http://www.addgene.org
Bitbucket	Share code	https://bitbucket.org
FigShare	Share files and figures	http://figshare.com
GitHub	Share and collaborate to write code	https://github.com
LabRoots	Research social network	http://labroots.com
MyScienceWork	Research social network available in eight languages	https://mysciencework.com
PlasmID	Harvard’s plasmid-sharing platform	http://plasmid.med.harvard.edu
Protocols.io	Share scientific protocols	http://www.protocols.io
ResearchGate	Research social network with over 3 million registered users	http://www.researchgate.com
SlideShare	Share presentation slides	http://www.slideshare.net
Collaborative writing
Authorea	Web-based LaTeX collaborative writing	https://www.authorea.com
Google Docs	Google’s online word processor	https://docs.google.com
Office Online	Microsoft’s online word processor	https://office.com
Paperpile	Reference manager for Google Docs	https://paperpile.com
PubChase	Literature search on the go	https://www.pubchase.com
SciGit	Collaborative writing tool for researchers	https://www.scigit.com
ShareLaTeX	Web-based LaTeX collaborative writing	http://www.sharelatex.com
WriteLaTeX	Web-based LaTeX collaborative writing	http://www.writelatex.com
Cloud-based electronic laboratory notebooks
CellKulture	Laboratory notebook for cell culture	http://cellkulture.com
Hivebench	Includes inventory and protocol management	http://www.hivebench.com
LabArchives	Connected with Prism scientific-graphing software	http://labarchives.com
Labfolder	Simple and effective laboratory notebook	https://www.labfolder.com
Labguru	All-in-one solution for research groups	http://www.labguru.com
Docollab	Includes protocol management	http://www.docollab.com
Other cloud-based tools
Benchling	Web-based suite of bioinformatic tools	https://benchling.com
Plotly	Web-based plotting software	https://plot.ly
RunMyCode	Share and run code on the cloud	http://www.runmycode.org

 

Top countries with the most competitive educational systems: Best Schools and Colleges

Source: Can U.S. Universities Stay on Top? – WSJ.com

Education Strength

The Boston Consulting Group’s new E4 index assigns points in four categories, each equally weighted in the final score. Of the 20 countries ranked, here are the top 10.

Country	Total points	Enrollment points	Expenditure points	Engineering grads points	Elite university points
U.S.	237	25	73	48	91
U.K.	125	4	26	46	48
China	115	86	17	4	8
Germany	104	5	25	37	38
India	104	90	4	3	6
France	87	4	24	41	18
Canada	85	2	25	39	18
Japan	72	7	31	19	16
Brazil	38	17	16	2	3
Russia	32	9	10	10	3

Source: Boston Consulting Group analysis

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2012

• Biological sciences
  • Shantanu Chowdhury of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
  • Suman Kumar Dhar of the Special Centre for Molecular Medicine at the Jawaharlal Nehru University

• Chemical sciences
  • Govindsamy Mugesh of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc)
  • Gangadhar J Sanjayan of the CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

• Engineering sciences
  • Ravishankar Narayanan of IISc
  • Y Shanthi Pavan of Indian Institute of Technology – Madras

• Mathematical sciences
  • Siva Ramachandran Athreya
  • Debashish Goswami of the Indian Statistical Institute

• Medical sciences
  • Sandip Basu of the Radiation Medicine Centre at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

• Physical sciences
  • Arindam Ghosh of IISc
  • Krishnendu Sengupta of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Tamil Blog Aggregators: List of Bookmarking Services

1. Thamizmanam.Net – Tamilmanam.com :: தமிழ்மணம்
2. Tamilish :: Tamileesh.com – தமிழிஷ்
3. Tamil Veli – தமிழ்வெளி
4. Thiratti :: திரட்டி
5. Nellai Tamil :: தமிழ் – நெல்லைத்தமிழ்
6. Thamizhagam :: தமிழகம்
7. Blogkut Thamizh – Tamil Blogs Sangamam | ப்ளாக் குட் சங்கமம்
8. தமிழீழத்திரட்டி :: Pageflakes – rishanthan’s தமிழ் வலைப்பதிவுகள்
9. Pageflakes – maya’s இலங்கை வலைப்பதிவாளர் திரட்டி
10. நியூஸ் பானை :: News Paanai – Tamil News Sharing Site
11. தமிழ் 10 :: Tamil10 / பிரபல செய்திகள்
12. நம் குரல் :: Nam Kural – Urakach Sollungal / Published News
13. Tamil related News and Stories – eTamil :: இ தமிழ்
14. தமிழர்ஸ் :: Tamilers / பிரபல இடுகைகள் முழுதும்
15. தமிழ் திரட்டி சிங்கை – Tamil.sg :: Tamilsg Tamil Blogs Aggregator
16. தமிழ்பெஸ்ட் :: thamilbest.com — Thamizh best – Best Links In Tamil
17. Social Bookmarking :: புக் மார்க்குகள் – சமுதாய செய்தி by ThatsTamil.com :: One India

கொசுறு: tamils (தமிழ்ப்பதிவுகள்) on Twitter

10 game-changing technologies

Source: Computerworld Opinion: 10 game-changing technologies

1. Sensor technology

Hewlett-Packard is developing an early prototype called CeNSE (Central Nervous System for the Earth), which uses microscopic sensors to communicate situational awareness about a city ecosystem. For example, a sensor on a bridge could report unusual vibrations back to a central command and first responders. Sensors in a home could report high levels of mercury, lead or pesticides.

2. Smarter Web

Some call it the Semantic Web. IBM Research has developed a Mozilla Firefox extension called CoScripter that is essentially a macro-recorder for the Web.

3. Network virtualization

Server virtualization is one of the most important game-changers of the past decade.

4. Fuzzy searches

As long as you know the right search term, it’s easy to find hundreds or even thousands of links on almost any given topic. Yahoo Correlator allows you to type in vague terms such as “English poet 1950s” and correlate information.

5. Social network integration

Open standards such as Y!OS and OpenSocial are paving the way for data sharing between services.

One combination that promises to be a game-changer — at least in terms of unifying social network and Web services — is the Palm Pre and the WebOS, which will make it easier to log in once for multiple services. I

6. Netbooks in the enterprise

7. Smart grid

The smart grid is coming — and local utility companies are racing to build it. Sensors located in HVAC and metering equipment connect to networks and can show consumers and companies how power is being used in real-time.

8. SSD RAID

Solid-state drives are already an attractive option in the PC market. In enterprise computing, a solid-state drive RAID array — made up of several linked SSD drives. SSD should be less expensive on an IOPS (Input/output operations per second, or IOPS, are a measurement of overall storage speed.) basis than Fibre Channel.

9. Speech-to-text and e-mail integration

you might have a personal cell phone, a desk phone, a home phone and a business smartphone. Google Voice is a phone-number aggregator that automatically dials whichever phone number you want. The free service’s most-impressive feature, though, is voice-mail transcription.

10. Open PC cases

BMW designed a case for the ThermalTake PC as a prototype called Level 10 and came up with an open architecture that makes it easy to swap components.