Archive: 12/15/2004
Toshiba Brings Perpendicular Data Recording to HDD
According to JCN Network, Toshiba has announced a new breakthrough technology in hard disk drives (HDD) based on perpendicular recording, setting new benchmarks for data density, boosting the capacity of a single 1.8-inch ...
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NASA Eyes Effects of a Giant 'Brown Cloud' Worldwide
NASA scientists recently announced that a giant, smoggy atmospheric "brown cloud" that forms over South Asia and Indian Ocean has intercontinental reach, and has effects around the world.
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UA mirror lab to cast first mirror for giant Magellan telescope
The University of Arizona Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory and the Carnegie Observatories of the Carnegie Institution have signed an agreement to produce the first mirror segment for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), ...
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Assistive technologies for the blind
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing new assistive technologies for the blind based on advances in computer vision that have emerged from research in robotics. A "virtual white cane" is ...
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New microscope boost for UK nanotechnology research
A powerful new microscope, currently available only in three universities in Europe and the USA, will position Britain as a leading centre for nanomaterials, researchers announce today. The ultra-high performance analytical ele ...
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Research demystifies quantum properties of exotic materials
International team shows collapse of Fermi volume in quantum critical matters Modern materials science has been a boon for electronics, providing average consumers with palm-sized computers that would have filled a room ju ...
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Superconductors for electrical, defense, space, medical applications
A Wright State engineering professor Sharmila Mukhopadhyay recently received a $950,000 grant for superconductor research with applications that interest the electric power generation industry, the military, space technologists ...
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Scientists 'PAD' their way to new metal-oxide film technology
University of California scientists working with a researcher from Washington State University at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Superconductivity Technology Center have developed a novel method for creating ...
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NASA picks two IU devices to go to Mars
Two of the eight instruments selected to go on a Mars rover have Indiana University Bloomington geologists behind them, NASA announced yesterday. One of the devices will provide scientists with a closer loo ...
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Mars Rovers Spot Water-Clue Mineral, Frost, Clouds
Scientists have identified a water-signature mineral called goethite in bedrock that the NASA's Mars rover Spirit examined in the "Columbia Hills," one of the mission's surest indicators yet for a wet history ...
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Researchers Improve Predictions of Cloud Formation For Better Global Climate Modeling
Atmospheric scientists have developed simple, physics-based equations that address some of the limitations of current methods for representing cloud formation in global climate models – important because of ...
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Matsushita Develops the AlGaN/GaN Power FET on Silicon Substrate
Matsushita's novel technology achieves a low-cost, low-loss fast switching device with 1/10 on-state resistance of Si power MOS Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., best known for its Panasonic brand p ...
Dec 15, 2004 |
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NEC Electronics Announces Single-Chip Solution Supporting IEEE 1394 AVLink and DV Decoding
NEC Electronics Corporation today announced availability of the MC-10024, a large-scale integrated (LSI) device that provides a three-port IEEE 1394 physical layer (PHY), AVLink, and DV (digital video) decoder in a single ...
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Toshiba and NEC Develop Key Technologies for High-Density MRAM
Toshiba Corporation and NEC Corporation today announced two key advancements toward development of a magnetoresistive random access memory, a technology seen as key to the development of future generations ...
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Nextel and Motorola Announce Innovation of Direct Talk
The Rugged Motorola i315 and i325 Provide a Reliable Back-up Communication System for Public Service Workers Nextel Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced the availability of Direct Talk, a unique service that p ...
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