News articles tagged with 'storage'
Dip ordinary paper into ink infused with nanotubes and nanowires to create an instant battery
— 8 Dec 2009 14:08 | TechnologyStanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper…
San Diego Supercomputer Centre completes major storage upgrade
— 25 Feb 2009 13:50 | TechnologyThe San Diego Supercomputer Centre (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has completed a comprehensive upgrade to significantly expand its tape-based archival storage capacity…
A novel approach to create high-density magnetic data storage
— 2 Feb 2009 09:46 | TechnologyIn order to achieve higher storage densities on computer disks, the last decades were dominated by optimisation of magnetic materials, i.e. the magnetic particles (grains) were gradually…
A carbon-neutral way to power your home
— 1 Dec 2008 16:44 | TechnologyA super-efficient system that has the potential to power, heat and cool homes across the UK is being developed at Newcastle University. It works by burning vegetable oil to power a…
Miniaturising memory - taking data storage to the molecular level
— 11 Nov 2008 20:44 | TechnologyComputers are getting smaller and smaller. And as hand-held devices - from mobile phones and cameras to music players and laptops - get more powerful, the race is on to develop memory…
Supercomputer provides massive computational boost to biomedical research at TGen
— 29 Oct 2008 11:54 | TechnologyIn less time than the blink of an eye, the Translational Genomics Research Institute's new supercomputer at Arizona State University can do operations equal to every dollar in the recent…
Progress toward new storage media
— 28 Oct 2008 15:26 | ChemistryIn this information age, increased storage capacity is a central challenge for science and technology. A team of German and Italian researchers has pursued this by exploring the concept…
Alternative fossil fuels have economic potential
— 9 Oct 2008 05:39 | EnvironmentAlternative sources of fossil fuels such as oil sands and coal-to-liquids have significant economic promise, but the environmental consequences must also be considered, according to…
New material could speed development of hydrogen powered vehicles
— 7 Oct 2008 07:35 | ChemistryResearchers in Greece report design of a new material that almost meets the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2010 goals for hydrogen storage and could help eliminate a key roadblock…
IBM accelerates virtual desktop with breakthrough solution
— 17 Sep 2008 11:30 | TechnologyIBM today announced a powerful new solution to help organisations slash virtual desktop infrastructure storage requirements by up to 80 percent, allowing them to take advantage of new…