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Former residents and tourists look at the damage in the quake-stricken town of Beichuan, China

China to build world's largest quake simulator

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A Chinese university said Tuesday it had started to build the world's largest quake simulator, a week after the first anniversary of the deadly earthquake in southwest China.


Elpida Ready to Launch World's Largest Capacity (16-Gigabyte) FB-DIMM

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), announced today that it is ready to launch 16-gigabyte Fully Buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM), the world's largest capacity FB-DIMM. Based on its ...


Rural areas able to increase screening capacity for colorectal cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arizona has the ability to expand colorectal cancer screening capacity; this potential increase was more pronounced in rural as compared to urban regions, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer ...


Tourists view the Three Gorges Dam in central China's Hubei province

China hydropower to near double by 2020: state media

Technology / Energy

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

China's hydropower capacity is expected to nearly double to 300,000 megawatts by 2020, state media said, as the nation powers ahead with the development of renewable energy sources.


Wind turbines being constucted at a wind farm on the outskirts of Beijing

China triples wind power capacity goal: report

Technology / Energy

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 9

China has more than tripled its target for wind power capacity to 100 gigawatts by 2020, likely making it the world's fastest growing market for wind energy technology, state press said.


Men share a motorcycle riding past a wind power plant in Zhangbei

China aims to build 'Three Gorges of wind power'

Technology / Energy

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

China is aiming to build a huge wind farm in the northwest by 2020 that will have energy capacity similar to the gigantic Three Gorges Dam, a senior official said Thursday.


Toshiba's New 160GB 1.8-inch HDD Has Industry Largest Storage Capacity

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 06, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today announced commercialization of two advanced 1.8-inch hard disk drives: the MK1626GCB offers a storage capacity of 160GB, the industry's largest in this form factor, while the thin and light MK8022GAA ...


Turbines on a wind far

AES wind farm kicks off in Bulgaria

Technology / Energy

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

AES Geo Energy, a Bulgarian unit of US energy giant AES Corporation, launched on Tuesday the largest 156-megawatt wind farm in Bulgaria, the company said.


Toshiba Introduces 320GB 1.8-inch HDD

Toshiba Introduces 320GB 1.8-inch HDD

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today introduced a new line up of 1.8-inch HDDs with a maximum capacity of 320GB, the highest yet announced by the industry, targeted at thin and light mobile PCs and portable external ...


FCC clears deep-sea fiber-optic cable linking Asia, California

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has given the green light for a trans-Pacific fiber-optic cable funded by an international consortium that includes Google. The new cable, expected to be carrying data traffic by ...


Toshiba's New 320GB 2.5-inch HDD Offers Industry's Largest Storage Capacity

Toshiba's New 320GB 2.5-inch HDD Offers Industry's Largest Storage Capacity

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 21, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of nine new 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDD) that employ the company's latest advances in HDD technology.


Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML  announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales

'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales, but said it saw signs of improving market conditions.


New study examines traffic congestion on a university campus

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Some researchers believe that the United States is in a “congestion crisis”. Indeed, national transportation statistics indicate that 42 percent more vehicles used each urban lane mile in 2000 than in 1980, tripling the number ...


Samsung Electronics unveils new SSD

Samsung Electronics unveils new 256GB solid state drive

Electronics / Hardware

created May 26, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (41) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world’s fastest, 2.5-inch, 256 Gigabyte (GB) multi-level cell (MLC) based solid state drive (SSD) using a SATA II interface at the fifth annual ...


Briefs: Seagate boosts hard-drive factory capacity

Technology /

created Dec 22, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Seagate Technology increased its market share and production capacity for computer hard drives through its acquisition of rival Maxtor.