What to do before upgrading to Apple's OS X Mavericks
If you own a MacBook laptop or a Mac desktop computer, then Apple's decision to make OS X Mavericks available as a free download may have you itching to upgrade.
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News tagged with hardness
Unexpected 'Black Swan' defect discovered in soft matter for first time
In new research, Texas A&M University scientists have for the first time revealed a single microscopic defect called a "twin" in a soft-block copolymer using an advanced electron microscopy technique. This defect may be exploited ...
Condensed Matter
May 19, 2021
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What Comes After Hard Drives?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to store and retrieve data is an important component of today's computers, as well as other modern electronic devices such as cell phones, video game consoles, and camcorders. Since their invention ...
Quantum hard drive breakthrough
Physicists developing a prototype quantum hard drive have improved storage time by a factor of more than 100.
Quantum Physics
Jan 8, 2015
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The spin doctors: Researchers discover surprising quantum effect in hard disk drive material
Scientists find surprising way to affect information storage properties in metal alloy.
Quantum Physics
Apr 25, 2019
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Research team finds disk encryption foils law enforcement efforts
(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint U.S./UK research team has found that common encryption techniques are so good that law enforcement, from local to highly resourceful federal agencies, are unable to get at data on a computer hard ...
Ultra-high-density hard drives made with graphene store ten times more data
Graphene can be used for ultra-high density hard disk drives (HDD), with up to a tenfold jump compared to current technologies, researchers at the Cambridge Graphene Center have shown.
Nanophysics
Jun 7, 2021
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Engineers develop recipe to dramatically strengthen body armor
According to ancient lore, Genghis Khan instructed his horsemen to wear silk vests underneath their armor to better protect themselves against an onslaught of arrows during battle. Since the time of Khan, body armor has significantly ...
Materials Science
Jan 22, 2020
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Shift from electronics to spintronics opens up possibilities of faster data
Electronics is based on measuring the tiny electrical charge of electrons passing through electronic circuits. An alternative approach under development is spintronics, which instead relies not on electrons' charge, but on ...
General Physics
Sep 2, 2015
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How well can information be stored from the beginning to the end of time?
(Phys.org)—Information can never be stored perfectly. Whether on a CD, a hard disk drive, or a piece of papyrus, technological imperfections create noise that limits the preservation of information over time. But even if ...
