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300,000 times the strength of the Earth's magnetic field: BLADE's new 14 Tesla magnet

The first researchers to use the new high-field superconducting magnet at Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility, are searching for “hidden magnetic states”. If found, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 4

Novel approach to fabrication of magnetic memory elements may lead to new generation of ultra-high-capacity hard drives

Information in most computer memories is stored in the form of ‘bits’ represented by the polarization of tiny magnets on the surface of memory devices such as the computer’s hard drive. The ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intel announces Solid-State Drive (SSD) 330 series

Intel Corporation announced today the Intel Solid-State Drive 330 Series (Intel SSD 330 Series), a SATA 6 gigabit-per-second (Gb/s) solid-state drive (SSD) that gives consumers a more affordable entry into the accelerated ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Honeycombs of magnets could lead to new type of computer processing

Scientists have taken an important step forward in developing a new material using nano-sized magnets that could ultimately lead to new types of electronic devices, with greater capacity than is currently ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Cloud-based secure desktop streaming from any PC

Today at the CeBIT Fair, IBM is announcing the Secure Enterprise Desktop, an innovative service that enables corporate users to securely access the contents of their entire hard disk, including operating system, applications ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twinkle, twinkle, little star: I?m going to know what you are

A team of astronomers at the University of Cambridge is taking the next big step in a European-wide programme which will lead to the creation of the first three-dimensional map of more than a billion stars.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

In a small-device world, bigger may still be better

In the early days, standard computers could be as large as a single story house. Over the last several decades, many development efforts have focused on shrinking them for use in the home and eventually anywhere in the world ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Intel introduces 400GB and 800GB Solid-State Drive 910 series for data centers

Intel Corporation introduced last week the Intel Solid-State Drive 910 Series (Intel SSD 910 Series), a super high-performing SSD to address rigorous data center storage demands driven by cloud computing, ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

San Francisco startup makes data science a sport

(AP) -- Strange secrets hide in numbers. For instance, an orange used car is least likely to be a lemon. This particular unexpected finding came to light courtesy of a data jockey who goes by the Internet ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Discovery may lead to significantly more efficient method of data storage

(Phys.org) -- A team led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Alexei Gruverman in collaboration with researchers in Spain and at the University of Wisconsin has discovered a significantly more efficient ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Fujitsu technology puts big data to use in minutes

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that it has developed new parallel distributed data processing technology that enables pools of big data as well as continuous inflows of new data to be efficiently processed ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How black holes grow: New study indicates they eat binary star partners

A study led by a University of Utah astrophysicist found a new explanation for the growth of supermassive black holes in the center of most galaxies: they repeatedly capture and swallow single stars from pairs ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Seagate reaches 1 terabit per square inch milestone with new technology demonstration

Seagate has become the first hard drive maker to achieve the milestone storage density of 1 terabit (1 trillion bits) per square inch, producing a demonstration of the technology that promises to double the storage capacity ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Scientists reveal inner workings of magnets, a finding that could lead to faster computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the world’s fastest light source -- specialized X-ray lasers -- scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have revealed the secret ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The origins of a torus in a galactic nucleus

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quasars are among the most energetic objects in the universe, with some of them as luminous as ten thousand Milky Way galaxies. Quasars are thought to have massive black holes at their cores, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast