News tagged with cloud processing

Quantum mechanics enables perfectly secure cloud computing

Researchers have succeeded in combining the power of quantum computing with the security of quantum cryptography and have shown that perfectly secure cloud computing can be achieved using the principles of ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

A universal law for star formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Star formation is studied by astronomers not only because it produces new stars and planetary systems. It also generates copious amounts of ultraviolet light that heats dust which in turn ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How energy-efficient is cloud computing?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Conventionally, data storage and data processing are done at the user's own computer, using that computer's storage system and processor. An alternative to this method is cloud computing, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Architects and engineers bridge the grid chasm

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the technology adoption cycle, a chasm separates powerful new technologies from the SMEs that could most benefit from them. Now, thanks to European researchers, architects and engineers are building a ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carnegie Mellon joins Open Cirrus test bed for advancing cloud computing research

Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science is the latest research institution to host a site as part of Open Cirrus, a global, open-source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research and education.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Acidic clouds nourish world's oceans

Scientists at the University of Leeds have proved that acid in the atmosphere breaks down large particles of iron found in dust into small and extremely soluble iron nanoparticles, which are more readily used by plankton.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Is India the future for tech?

The recent hubbub about cloud computing -- how to define it and where it's heading -- has me wondering something. What about India?

Technology / Business

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0