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'Digital dark age' may doom some data

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (119) | comments 11

What stands a better chance of surviving 50 years from now, a framed photograph or a 10-megabyte digital photo file on your computer's hard drive?





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Astronomers discover largest-ever dark matter structures spanning 270M light-years

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 21, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (66) | comments 3

A University of British Columbia astronomer with an international team has discovered the largest structures of dark matter ever seen. Measuring 270 million light-years across, these dark matter structures criss-cross the ...


Probing Question: Can we save today's documents for tomorrow?

Probing Question: Can we save today's documents for tomorrow?

Technology / Hi Tech

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Even though your grandparents’ old photo albums are yellowed and grainy, they’re still there for you and your family to enjoy. But will your grandchildren be able to say the same of the digital photo albums ...


New Limits on the Origin of Dark Matter

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 21

(PhysOrg.com) -- Determining the identity of dark matter, the mysterious stuff thought to make up the vast majority of matter in the universe, is one of the most fundamental challenges facing modern physics. Through theory ...


Philips announces breakthrough in fully digital light detection technology

Philips announces breakthrough in fully digital light detection technology

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Royal Philips Electronics today announced that its scientists have developed a highly innovative digital silicon photomultiplier technology that will allow faster and more accurate photon (the basic quantum ...


Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to model origins of the unseen universe

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 5

Understanding dark energy is the number one issue in explaining the universe, according to Salman Habib, of the Laboratory's Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology group.


Astronomers discover most dark matter-dominated galaxy in universe

Astronomers Discover Most Dark Matter-Dominated Galaxy in Universe

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (58) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by a Yale University astronomer has discovered the least luminous, most dark matter-filled galaxy known to exist.


Dark Matter in a Galaxy

Dark Matter in a Galaxy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (19) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stars, the most familiar objects in the night sky, make up only a tiny percentage of the total amount of matter in the universe -- about 2%.


COUPP experiment tightens limits on dark matter

COUPP experiment tightens limits on dark matter

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 14, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (38) | comments 2

Scientists working on the COUPP experiment at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory today announced a new development in the quest to observe dark matter. The Chicagoland Observatory ...


Stars Fueled by Dark Matter Could Hold Secrets to the Universe

Stars Fueled by Dark Matter Could Hold Secrets to the Universe

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (51) | comments 41

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first stars in the universe may have been very different from the stars we see today, yet they may hold clues to understanding some of the mysterious features of the universe. These "dark ...


XMM-Newton’s massive discovery

XMM-Newton's massive discovery

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (48) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has discovered the most massive cluster of galaxies seen in the distant Universe until now. The galaxy cluster is so big that there can only be ...



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