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New magnetic tuning method enhances data storage

New magnetic tuning method enhances data storage

Physics / General Physics

created 21 hours ago | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers in Chicago and London have developed a method for controlling the properties of magnets that could be used to improve the storage capacity of next-generation computer hard drives.


Intel, Micron Introduce 25-Nanometer NAND

Intel, Micron Introduce 25-Nanometer NAND

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the world's first 25-nanometer (nm) NAND technology, which provides a more cost-effective path for increasing storage capacity in such popular ...


Nanocable

Nanocables could lead to more powerful lithium-ion batteries

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 28, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

(PhysOrg.com) -- By itself, titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a very poor electrode. Electrons move very slowly through the material - so slowly, in fact, that it can take years to fill a millimeter-thick piece of T ...


Samsung's new flash chips for mobile devices

Samsung's new flash chips for mobile devices

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics has announced two new flash chip storage devices for mobiles: a removable 32-Gbyte micro SD (secure digital) card and a 64-Gbyte moviNAND flash memory module. Both are ...


Report: Google phone $5 less to make than iPhone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc.'s new Nexus One phone costs about $5 less to make than Apple Inc.'s iPhone, partly because Google's device has far less memory, according to new data from research firm iSuppli Corp.


Digital quantum battery

Digital Quantum Battery Could Boost Energy Density Tenfold

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (49) | comments 17 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists theorize that quantum phenomena could provide a major boost to batteries, with the potential to increase energy density up to 10 times that of lithium ion batteries. According to ...


Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems

Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people would like to be able to charge their cell phones and other personal electronics quickly and not too often. A recent discovery made by UC San Diego engineers could lead to carbon ...


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Dutch approve project to store CO2 underground

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

The Dutch government said Wednesday it had approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project.


Researchers Develop Material That Could Boost Data Storage, Save Energy

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far ...


Toshiba Adds 32nm mSATA And Half-Slim Solid State Drive Modules

Toshiba Adds 32nm mSATA And Half-Slim Solid State Drive Modules

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Toshiba today announced a series of solid state drive (SSD) modules using the latest generation Toshiba 32nm MLC NAND flash, at Intel Developers Forum 2009. The Toshiba SG2 modules are offered in two types, ...


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. ...


Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope

Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope from Rechargeable 'Chemical Fuel Tank'

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for "recycling" hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles.


IBM Unveils Industry's First Public Desktop Cloud

Technology / Software

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Building on years of industry leadership in desktop virtualization technology, IBM today announced the availability of the industry's first public desktop cloud service.


Mitsubishi, Hitachi eye disc for cloud computing era

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and some other organizations plan to jointly develop a next-generation optical disc that can store 25 times more data than a Blu-ray Disc, with the aim of putting the technology into ...


Beep, beep, oops, what was I doing?

Beep, beep, oops, what was I doing? (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

"That blasted siren. I can't focus." That reaction to undesired distraction may signal a person's low working-memory capacity, according to a new study.