News tagged with storage time

Long-Lasting Quantum Memory Leads to Long-Distance Quantum Communication

Oct 07, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (54) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have taken a step closer to realizing long-distance quantum communication, in which a quantum state is transferred from one location to another by becoming entangled with a traveling ...

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Switchable Nanostructures Made with DNA

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

4 hours ago | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have found a new way to use a synthetic form of DNA to control the assembly of nanoparticles — this time resulting ...

Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah Lithium-ion Battery

Technology / Energy

Dec 18, 2009 | 2 / 5 (2) | 2

Panasonic Corporation developed a 18650-type high-capacity 3.1 Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. The new 3.1 Ah battery has a nickel positive electrode and an energy density of ...

How to spur energy storage innovations

Other Sciences / Other

Dec 17, 2009 | 2 / 5 (2) | 0

Imagine flying all the way from coast to coast, completely guilt-free, in an airplane that doesn’t emit a single particle of greenhouse gas or air pollutants. That could happen someday, perhaps brought to ...

Microsoft, Google in battle to win over students

Technology / Business

Dec 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

As they plunged into a project on ancient Egypt this fall, Jay Martino's Cupertino (Calif.) Middle School students probably didn't realize they were on the front lines of a high stakes battle between Google and Microsoft.

Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Dec 16, 2009 | 3 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- Netbooks have been a hit among laptop buyers because they're cheap and they're easy to carry. Now there's the option to pay a lot more and get a lot less - a lot less weight, that is.

The Medical Minute: New toy safety standards bring parents confidence

Medicine & Health / Health

Dec 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The holiday season is here and for many kids that means one thing: toys. About half of all toy purchases in the United States occur between the Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Sorter Detects and Removes Damaged Popcorn Kernels

Biology / Other

Dec 16, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A device developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist to sort wheat has been successfully used to detect and remove popcorn kernels that have been damaged by fungi.

Micromachined piezoelectric harvester drives fully autonomous wireless sensor

Technology / Engineering

Dec 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (11) | 1

For the first time, a piezoelectric harvesting device fabricated by MEMS technology generates a record of 85μW electrical power from vibrations. A wafer level packaging method was developed for robustness. ...

Toshiba Launches Highest Density Embedded NAND Flash Memory Modules

Technology / Semiconductors

Dec 15, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (9) | 1

Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a 64 gigabyte (GB) embedded NAND flash memory module, the highest capacity yet achieved in the industry.