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New 'nano-positioners' may have atomic-scale precision

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 1

Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer ...





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Don't brush with baldness: put down that comb

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Put that comb back in your handbag -- a study by an Israeli dermatologist has found that too much combing of the coiffure leads to hair loss, the daily Haaretz reported on Monday.


Scientists build first 'frequency comb' to display visible 'teeth'

Scientists Build First 'Frequency Comb' To Display Visible 'Teeth'

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finally, an optical frequency comb that visibly lives up to its name. Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the U.S. ...


Straightening messy correlations with a quantum comb

Straightening messy correlations with a quantum comb

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Quantum computing promises ultra-fast communication, computation and more powerful ways to encrypt sensitive information. But trying to use quantum states as carriers of information is an extremely delicate ...


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GE Shows Off 1TB DVD-Sized Disks at the Emerging Tech Conference

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the September '09 Emerging Tech Conference in Boston, GE announced it has been developing a 1TB DVD size disk that can be read by a modified Blu-ray player.


Verbatim TUFF-'N'-TINY USB drive

Tiny flash drive is also durable

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Just the other day, my son was looking for his flash drive that is a requirement for all college freshmen. His mom was the one who found it due to the loud clanging noise coming from the automatic dryer. ...


There's no perfect way to back up your hard drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 3

If there's one thing to keep in mind about computers, it's this: Hard drives fail. I relearned that lesson recently when one of my laptop's external hard drives stopped working and then my 4-year-old iPod died.


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 ...


Blu-ray drives seeing limited growth within PCs

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The sharp video quality of Blu-ray disc players, increases in the devices' technical capabilities and growth in the number of high-definition video titles has made the devices one of the most-popular consumer-electronics ...


Femtoseconds lasers help formation flying in space

Femtoseconds lasers help formation flying in space

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped to establish that femtosecond comb lasers can provide accurate measurement of absolute distance in formation flying space missions.


Toshiba to join rival Blu-ray camp, plans products

Technology / Business

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Having lost the video format war, Toshiba Corp. said Monday it will make Blu-ray disc products and plans to join the once-rival camp, the Blu-ray Disc Association.



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