News tagged with storage capacity

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Digital Quantum Battery Could Boost Energy Density Tenfold

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists theorize that quantum phenomena could provide a major boost to batteries, with the potential to increase energy density up to 10 times that of lithium ion batteries. According to ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (55) | comments 17 weblog

Thermosolar power station in Spain works at night

A unique thermosolar power station in southern Spain can shrug off cloudy days: energy stored when the sun shines lets it produce electricity even during the night.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (37) | comments 243

Japanese team discovers 'super disc' material

A Japanese research team has found a material that could be used to make a low-price super disc with data storage capacity thousands of times greater than a DVD, the lead scientist said Monday.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (35) | comments 18

250 DVDs on a quarter: New method of self-assembling nanoscale elements could transform data storage industry

(PhysOrg.com) -- An innovative and easily implemented technique in which nanoscale elements precisely assemble themselves over large surfaces could soon open doors to dramatic improvements in the data storage ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (35) | comments 9

Batteries charge quickly and retain capacity, thanks to new 3D nanostructure

The batteries in Illinois professor Paul Braun's lab look like any others, but they pack a surprise inside.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 20, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 63 | with audio podcast

General Electric Develops a 500GB Optical Disc

(PhysOrg.com) -- G.E. has unveiled a 500 GB micro-holographic disc that is the same size as existing DVD's. The storage capacity is equivalent to 100 DVD's and is aimed at the archive industry but eventually ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 12 weblog

Scientists improve chip memory by stacking cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Arizona State University have developed an elegant method for significantly improving the memory capacity of electronic chips.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 3

Intel, Micron Introduce 25-Nanometer NAND

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the world's first 25-nanometer (nm) NAND technology, which provides a more cost-effective path for increasing storage capacity in such popular ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers Develop Material That Could Boost Data Storage, Save Energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 1

Nanospheres stretch limits of hard disk storage

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new magnetic recording medium made up of tiny nanospheres has been devised by European researchers. The technology may lead to hard disks able to store more than a thousand billion bits ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

World records by chemists enhance ability to capture CO2

Chemists from UCLA and South Korea report the "ultimate porosity of a nano-material," achieving world records for both porosity and carbon dioxide storage capacity in an important class of materials known ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria

The US' national archives occupy more than 500 miles (800 kilometres) of shelving; France's archives stretch for more than 100 miles of shelves, as do Britain's.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 09, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (19) | comments 15

Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope from Rechargeable 'Chemical Fuel Tank'

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for "recycling" hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 19

Activated graphene makes superior supercapacitors for energy storage

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have helped to uncover the nanoscale structure of a novel form of carbon, contributing to an explanation of why ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Organic ternary data storage device developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- The memory capacity of electronics devices could be increased in future thanks to an organic data storage system using ternary rather than binary data storage. The current prototype is designed ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report