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SciScoop Science Forum – Hitachi and a Japanese university has developed a new chip containing both logic (arithmetic unit) and an MRAM (spintronics-based) chip. Placing memory and logic together makes it quicker and the MRAM means that the memory does not have to be refreshed all the time (it’s non-volatile) [...] read more
1 Aug 2008
Solar Energy Turning Point
SciScoop Science Forum – Solar power is set to come out of the dark and enter the mainstream as an alternative energy source, according to US researchers. They have overcome the last major obstacle to large-scale solar power – how to store energy when the sun don’t shine.
27 Jul 2008
S3 Downtime: More Missing Bites
Data Center Knowledge – Amazon has issued a detailed timeline and explanation of last Sundays lengthy outage for its S3 utility storage service. Heres the root cause:Weve now determined that message corruption was the cause of the server-to-server communication problems. More specifically, we found that there were a… read more
“What you are seeing us doing with DHS and FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) is the beginning of bigger things to come in the future,” stated MySpace chief security officer Hemanshu Nigam.
News Corporation (NYSE:NWS) subsidiary, MySpace.com... (posted on 5 Sep 2008 by Pulse 2)
In 2007, Paul Rothemund gave TED a short summary of his specialty, DNA folding. Now he lays out in clear, adundant detail the immense promise of this field — to create tiny machines that assemble themselves.
(posted on 3 Sep 2008 by Geeks are Sexy Technology News)
Bedford, MA-based iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) said today that the U.S. Army has awarded it a contract for military robots, spare parts, training, and repair services that could bring the company up to $200 million over the next 5 years and give the Army more... (posted on 2 Sep 2008 by Xconomy)
Hitachi and a Japanese university has developed a new chip containing both 'logic' (arithmetic unit) and an MRAM (spintronics-based) chip. Placing memory and logic together makes it quicker and the MRAM means that the memory does not have to be... (posted on 1 Sep 2008 by SciScoop Science Forum)
27 Aug 2008
Cancer Myths Debunked
There are many myths about cancer and its causes. For instance, environmental factors are not the big risk many people assume while established risk factors, such as drinking alcohol are ignored. The first global survey on the topic of cancer... (posted on 27 Aug 2008 by SciScoop Science Forum)
27 Aug 2008
Dawkins, Fart of God
"Hah hah you f**king dumb*ss, I hope you get hit by a church van tonight and die slowly" "I hope you die slowly and you f*cking burn in hell you damned blasphemy and you should realize that your entire life has been a delusion" "Your destiny is all... (posted on 27 Aug 2008 by SciScoop Science Forum)
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