News tagged with magnetic disk

New all-sky map shows the magnetic fields of the Milky Way with the highest precision

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a unique new all-sky map, scientists at MPA have made significant progress toward measuring the magnetic field structure of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail. Specifically, the map ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Patterned media technique achieves Terabit data recording densities

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to increase the recording densities of hard disk drives, patterned media has become one of the most promising strategies for achieving recording densities beyond 1 Tbit/in2. In pattern ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

New directions in data storage solutions

(PhysOrg.com) -- One day in the not-too-distant future, the entire contents of the Library of Congress might be stored on a device the size of a postage stamp.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Mini disks for data storage: Slanted edges favor tiny magnetic vortices

Slanted exterior edges on tiny magnetic disks could lead to a breakthrough in data processing. Materials researchers of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany, were able to create magnetic vortices with a diameter ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smithsonian instrument 'fills the gap,' views sun's innermost corona

During a total eclipse of the Sun, skywatchers are awed by the shimmering corona -- a faint glow that surrounds the Sun like gossamer flower petals. This outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere is, paradoxically, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Hitachi develops recycling technologies for rare earth metals

Hitachi today announced that it has developed technologies for recycling rare earth magnets from hard disk drive (HDD) motors and air conditioners and other compressors. Specifically, developed machinery to separate and collect ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

IBM Research Sets New Record in Magnetic Tape Data Density (w/ Video)

IBM researchers today announced they have demonstrated a world record in areal data density on linear magnetic tape - a significant update to one of the computer industry's most resilient, reliable and affordable data storage ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 22, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A New View of Coronal Waves

(PhysOrg.com) -- The corona is the hot outer region of the sun's atmosphere. The corona is threaded by magnetic fields that loop and twist upwards from the sun's surface, driven by motions of its dense atmosphere.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New technology could boost disease detection tests' speed and sensitivity (w/ Video)

A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a way to rapidly manipulate and sort different cells in the blood using magnetizable liquids. The findings, which will be published the week of December ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toshiba Introduces 320GB 1.8-inch HDD

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 ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (36) | comments 35 feature

MRI abundance may lead to excess in back surgeries, study shows

Patients reporting new low-back pain are more likely to undergo surgery if treated in an area with a higher-than-average concentration of magnetic resonance imaging machines, according to research from the Stanford University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Going With the Flow: Using Star Power to Better Understand Fusion

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego researchers are using “star” power to help ignite the field of fusion, which is being looked at as a future reliable green energy source. Under a new $5.8 million five-year grant ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Hitachi Ships First Two Terabyte 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Hitachi today announced that it is now shipping the world's first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 blends high performance and high capacity with low power and ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Beating the back-up blues

That sinking feeling when your hard disk starts screeching and you haven't backed up your holiday photos is a step closer to becoming a thing of the past thanks to research into a new kind of computer memory.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 10