https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A team of engineers at the University of Science and Technology of China has developed a new way to code data onto a diamond with higher density than prior methods. In their paper published in the journal Nature Photonics, the group notes that such optical discs could hold data safely at room temperature for millions of years. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-higher-density-storage-technique-diamond.html Optics & Photonics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:40:01 EST news652095121 In today's world of digital information, an enormous amount of data is exchanged and stored on a daily basis. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-nano-switchable-polar-column-high-density.html Nanomaterials Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:19:03 EDT news609499141 A research group led by 2014 Nobel laureate Hiroshi Amano at Nagoya University's Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) in central Japan, in collaboration with Asahi Kasei Corporation, has successfully conducted the world's first room-temperature continuous-wave lasing of a deep-ultraviolet laser diode (wavelengths down to UV-C region). https://phys.org/news/2022-11-scientists-world-continuous-wave-lasing-deep-ultraviolet.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 24 Nov 2022 03:00:03 EST news588423493 Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored "digital characters" to modernize optical storage. They are confident the advancement will help with the explosion of remote data storage during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. https://phys.org/news/2021-02-goodbye-dots-dashes-optical-storage.html Optics & Photonics Tue, 02 Feb 2021 03:50:01 EST news531460197 When the words "artificial intelligence" (AI) come to mind, your first thoughts may be of super-smart computers, or robots that perform tasks without needing any help from humans. Now, a multi-institutional team including researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has accomplished something not too far off: They developed an AI algorithm called CAMEO that discovered a potentially useful new material without requiring additional training from scientists. The AI system could help reduce the amount of trial-and-error time scientists spend in the lab, while maximizing productivity and efficiency in their research. https://phys.org/news/2020-11-ai-algorithm-compound-potentially-photonic.html Materials Science Tue, 24 Nov 2020 05:00:04 EST news525414517 Although out of sight to the majority of end users, data centers work behind the scenes to run the internet, businesses, research institutions and more. These data centers depend on high-capacity digital storage, the demand for which continues to accelerate. Researchers created a new storage medium and processes to access it that could prove game changing in this sector. Their material, called epsilon iron oxide, is also very robust so can be used in applications where long-term storage, such as archiving, is necessary. https://phys.org/news/2020-10-magnetic-material-vastly-capacity.html Materials Science Thu, 08 Oct 2020 12:54:09 EDT news521380446 A new weapon in the arsenal against the coronavirus may be sitting in your home entertainment console. A team led by physicist Chris Barty of the University of California, Irvine is researching the use of diodes from Blu-ray digital video disc devices as deep-ultraviolet laser photon sources to rapidly disinfect surfaces and the indoor air that swirls around us. https://phys.org/news/2020-05-physicists-exploring-blu-ray-disc-lasers.html Cell & Microbiology Thu, 21 May 2020 09:32:32 EDT news509272349 In 1884, a schoolmaster and theologian named Edwin Abbott wrote a novella called Flatland, which tells the story of a world populated by sentient two-dimensional shapes. While intended as a satire of rigid Victorian social norms, Flatland has long fascinated mathematicians and physicists and served as the setting for many a thought experiment. https://phys.org/news/2019-11-flatland-rewritable-optical-components-d.html Optics & Photonics Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:16:58 EST news492275808 Tiny, nano-sized crystals of salt encoded with data using light from a laser could be the next data storage technology of choice, following research by Australian scientists. https://phys.org/news/2018-06-next-generation-storage.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 28 Jun 2018 07:25:20 EDT news449389504 Scientists from Australia and China have drawn on the durable power of gold to demonstrate a new type of high-capacity optical disk that can hold data securely for more than 600 years. https://phys.org/news/2018-03-golden-next-gen-optical-disk-storage.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 22 Mar 2018 06:00:03 EDT news440915368 In recent years, due to technology such as the Internet and 8K broadcasting, more information is being distributed across the world. Along with this trend, there is a demand for an innovative method for storing large volumes of data at ultra-high recording density and at ultra-high speed. Magnetic-holographic memory meets this demand. This new technology enables storing more than 1 TB of data on a disc the size of a DVD or Blu-ray. This is equivalent to the total capacity of 40 Blu-ray discs, each with a typical capacity of 25 GB https://phys.org/news/2017-12-application-holographic-memory-magnetic.html General Physics Wed, 06 Dec 2017 06:35:11 EST news431764501 Researchers at Tohoku University have gained new insight into the electronic processes that guide the transformation of liquids into a solid crystalline or glassy state. https://phys.org/news/2017-10-electrons-glass.html Condensed Matter Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:54:56 EDT news428046882 It's an all-too-familiar frustration for film fans—wanting to yell at the character who picks up the wrong suitcase, forgets the torch batteries or assumes wrongly the killer is dead. https://phys.org/news/2017-08-tv-big-adventure.html Business Thu, 17 Aug 2017 03:30:05 EDT news422159011 Chemists at Case Western Reserve University have found a way to possibly store digital data in half the space current systems require. https://phys.org/news/2017-06-chemical-solution-digital-storage.html Materials Science Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:34:48 EDT news417267268 Life aboard the International Space Station depends upon massive amounts of data, used for everything from commanding the station to providing real-time high-definition video and data on hundreds of science and technology experiments, to giving live TV interviews with astronauts. Every bit of that data travels to Earth via the Space Network, and starting soon, the network will transmit double the data in a single second than it ever has before. https://phys.org/news/2016-12-nasa-network-space-station.html Space Exploration Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:14:02 EST news400853634 If all you want for Christmas is a TV whose picture hops off the screen, this could be your year. https://phys.org/news/2016-11-tv-tech-picture-mainstream-consumers.html Consumer & Gadgets Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:00:01 EST news399278614 With the holiday season almost upon us, it's time to start thinking about what to get those special people in our lives. https://phys.org/news/2016-11-holiday-gift-techies.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 23 Nov 2016 04:51:04 EST news399098734 University of Vienna research team has succeeded in breaking two novel records while experimenting with so-called twisted particles of light. These results, now published in the journal PNAS, are not only of fundamental interest but also give a hint towards the enormous information capacity a single particle of light may offer in future applications. https://phys.org/news/2016-11-new-records-set-up-with.html Quantum Physics Wed, 16 Nov 2016 10:28:42 EST news398514502 In the world of big data, there are limitations on how to store large volumes of information. Typical home-computer hard disk drives consume a lot of power and are limited to a few terabytes per drive. Optical storage media like DVD and Blu-ray are energy efficient and cheap, but storage densities are very low due to the planar nature of the discs and the ever-daunting optical diffraction limit. However, researchers have made inroads into developing a 3-D diamond chip that could store vastly more data than current technologies. https://phys.org/news/2016-10-defects-diamond-unique-platform-optical.html General Physics Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:00:01 EDT news396679728 From the transparent cockpit canopy of fighter jets to everyday applications such as spectacle lenses and Blu-ray discs, polycarbonate plastics are valued for being light, strong and offering exceptional optical clarity. Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, have discovered a simple, clean, metal-free way to make polycarbonates from CO2. https://phys.org/news/2016-10-green-metal-free-approach-high-performance-polycarbonates.html Materials Science Thu, 20 Oct 2016 08:49:02 EDT news396172111 IBM scientists have created randomly spiking neurons using phase-change materials to store and process data. This demonstration marks a significant step forward in the development of energy-efficient, ultra-dense integrated neuromorphic technologies for applications in cognitive computing. https://phys.org/news/2016-08-ibm-scientists-imitate-functionality-neurons.html Nanophysics Wed, 03 Aug 2016 08:39:29 EDT news389432348 Research completed through a collaboration with University of Missouri engineers, biologists, and chemists could transform how scientists study molecules and cells at sub-microscopic (nanoscale) levels. Shubra Gangopadhyay, an electrical and computer engineer and her team at MU recently published studies outlining a new, relatively inexpensive imaging platform that enables single molecule imaging. This patented method highlights Gangopadhyay's more than 30 years of nanoscale research that has proven invaluable in biological research and battling diseases. https://phys.org/news/2016-07-nanoscale-technologies-revolutionize-microscopes-disease.html Nanophysics Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:55:09 EDT news388166097 The Super Bowl represents not only the pinnacle of the football season, but also one of the peak periods for TV purchases. https://phys.org/news/2016-01-big-screen-tv-super-bowl.html Consumer & Gadgets Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:20:01 EST news373285251 Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has developed Freeze-Ray, an optical disc-based data archive system in collaboration with Facebook. By collaborating with Facebook, Panasonic was able to design Freeze-Ray to meet the growing demand for more efficient and sustainable ways to store and access cold data—infrequently or never accessed data stored for the long term—in the world's data centers. https://phys.org/news/2016-01-panasonic-facebook-optical-disc-based-archive.html Hardware Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:52:52 EST news371901163 For years, TV makers have focused on making pictures sharper by squeezing more pixels onto screens. Now, their attention is shifting to improving the way sets display color, with a newish technology called HDR taking center stage. https://phys.org/news/2016-01-tv-tech-sharper.html Consumer & Gadgets Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:52:21 EST news371217130 Sony are to no longer make Betamax video cassette tapes – something that will come as a surprise to many people who thought that Betamax had long since bitten the dust. But 28 years after it lost the battle to the VHS (or Vertical Helical Scan) format produced by JVC, Sony – which stopped manufacturing Betamax recorders in 2002 – will cease production of the tapes, too. https://phys.org/news/2016-01-betamax-bit-tales-forgotten-tech.html Other Mon, 04 Jan 2016 10:20:01 EST news371122735 If you're shopping for a TV, get out a tape measure and do some quick calculations before you head to the store. And count the number of gadgets you'll want to connect to your screen. https://phys.org/news/2015-11-tv-tape.html Consumer & Gadgets Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:40:01 EST news367504101 Sony announced this week that it will stop selling Betamax cassettes from March 2016. It was a format that appeared not to succeed as Sony had desired. https://phys.org/news/2015-11-post-betamax-format-wars-digital-world.html Consumer & Gadgets Fri, 13 Nov 2015 08:00:01 EST news366623311 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vanquished his last opponent on Sept. 12, but as fans used live-streaming apps such as Periscope to broadcast the fight, they were also throwing punches at anti-piracy rules in real time. https://phys.org/news/2015-10-anti-piracy-unfolds-real-periscope-live-streaming.html Internet Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:40:01 EDT news362927887 Thousands of female engineers, coders, self-described science nerds and other tech superstars joined a Twitter campaign this week to break down stereotypes about what engineers should look like. https://phys.org/news/2015-08-women-tweet-ilooklikeanengineer-week-tech.html Other Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:21:20 EDT news358104072