Solid-state drives (SSDs) store digital information using electronic circuits. The power efficiency of SSDs and their ability to read and write data quickly means that they are becoming the primary storage device in computers. ...
Hardware
Mar 12, 2014
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One of the recent revelations by Edward Snowden is that the U.S. National Security Agency is currently developing a quantum computer. Physicists aren't surprised by this news; such a computer could crack the encryption that ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 12, 2014
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Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that is has developed technology that supports the operations management of cloud systems by automatically generating the necessary procedure flows.
Software
Mar 12, 2014
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It is March 2014. Growing season is right around the corner, as well as wildfire season, and hundreds of prescribed fires dot the landscape of the southeastern portion of the United States. These fires are used by farmers ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 12, 2014
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Light detectors are used extensively in daily life as brightness sensors and as receivers for remote control devices in electrical gadgets, for example. However, operating these detectors requires electrical energy, which ...
General Physics
Mar 12, 2014
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European scientists are experimenting with bacteria and algae and turn them into bioplastic factories. Their vision: these microorganisms should produce a large portion of our plastic materials without any petroleum.
Materials Science
Mar 12, 2014
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Bacteria may be the key to produce useful bioplastics from the gasification of urban waste.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 12, 2014
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Sequencing the genomes of vertebrates can provide scientists with valuable clues about the evolution of the human genome. By analyzing and comparing different genomes, researchers can pinpoint variations in genes and proteins ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 12, 2014
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Police flooded Facebook's headquarters in Northern California to investigate a threat they later found wasn't credible.
Business
Mar 12, 2014
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ESO's Very Large Telescope has revealed the largest yellow star—and one of the 10 largest stars found so far. This hypergiant has been found to measure more than 1,300 times the diameter of the Sun, and to be part of a ...
Astronomy
Mar 12, 2014
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