Nanopencil Can Provide Terabit Data Storage Density
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have fabricated a 'nanopencil' with a tip so small that it can be used as a scanning probe in ultrahigh-density computer data storage systems.
22/09/2008
National survey finds information tech and business alignment a struggle for American companies
The Society for Information Management (SIM) has released an important part of its annual survey results, reporting that IT executives continue to identify lack of IT and business alignment as the top concern for companies. ...
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Sep 22, 2008
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New Ways to Use Biomass
(PhysOrg.com) -- Alternatives to fossil fuels and natural gas as carbon sources and fuel are in demand. Biomass could play a more significant part in the future. Researchers in the USA and China have now developed a new catalyst ...
Sep 22, 2008
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New tool for 'right first time' drug manufacture
A technology which provides high quality images of the crystallisation process marks the next step towards a 'right first time' approach to drug manufacture, according to engineers at the University of Leeds.
Sep 22, 2008
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New hope for tapping vast domestic reserves of oil shale
Researchers in Canada and Turkey report discovery of a new process for economically tapping vast resources of crude oil in the United States, Canada, and other countries now locked away in rocky deposits called oil shale.
Sep 22, 2008
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Preventing forest fires with tree power: Sensor system runs on electricity generated by trees
(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires. What they learn also could raise the possibility of using ...
Engineering
Sep 22, 2008
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From one laying to another the female collembolan adapts its eggs to environmental constraints
Reproductive plasticity – the ability of individuals to modify their reproduction and the characteristics of their progeny according to environmental or social conditions – is a crucial factor in the demographics of animal ...
Sep 22, 2008
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Bees can mediate the escape of genetically engineered material over several kilometres
A study by scientists from the Nairobi-headquartered international research centre icipe, in collaboration with the French Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) has established that bees have the potential to ...
Sep 22, 2008
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Unlocking the secret of the Kondo Effect
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists including researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology at UCL (University College London) and the IBM Almaden Research Center has forged a breakthrough in understanding an intriguing ...
General Physics
Sep 22, 2008
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Hawaiian scientists surf on a test-tube
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists have traded their white coats for swim shorts at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu – they've shunned the lab so they can swim out to the breakers with a test-tube built into a boogie-board.
Sep 22, 2008
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