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Pushing The Limits Of Hard Disk Storage
Just how much data can we cram onto a hard disk ? In a paper appearing online today in Physical Review Letters, EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) Professor Harald Brune and his colleagues report what they believe to be the ultimate density limit of magnetic recording.
Proteins Link Obesity, Diabetes; May Underlie Systemic 'Metabolic Synd
Proteins that shuttle lipids in the body might be a missing link between obesity and other conditions that tend to go along with the excess weight, including diabetes and fatty liver disease, suggests a new study published in Cell Metabolism. Georgia Tech Microgenerator Can Power Electronics
It may be tiny, but a new microgenerator developed at Georgia Tech can now produce enough power to run a small electronic device, like a cell phone, and may soon be able to power a laptop. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Houston-Galveston Area Hurricane Info Web Site
Links to emergency preparedness resources for southeastern Texas. Includes radio stations, road conditions and travel times, weather reports and maps, flood alerts, and disaster assistance. Group Proves It's Possible To Grow New Lung Alveoli By Growing New Blo
Using animal models, University of Alberta researchers have taken what they say is the first important step towards treatment for lung disease in premature babies, in effect, growing new blood vessels and alveoli -- the tiny air sacs where gas exchange occurs between the lungs and blood vessels -- in tiny rat lungs. Report: Online Activities &Pursuits: About 25 Million People Have Used
November 2005 report about how "some 17%of online American adults have used the internet to sell things."Includes an overview of the report and a link to the full report with information about use of classified advertising sites and online auctions. From the Pew Internet &American Life Project. Depression In Women With Migraine Linked To Childhood Abuse
Childhood abuse is more common in women with migraine who suffer depression than in women with migraine alone, according to a new study. The study found women with migraine who had major depression were twice as likely as those with migraine alone to report being sexually abused as a child. If the abuse continued past age 12, the women with migraine were five times more likely to report depression. A Trip to the Virtual Moon
Mission accomplished in Second Life where the International Spaceflight Museum hosts Wired's Q&A event with Dave Kushner on the missing moon landing tapes. In Game|Life. Research Shows How Water May Enhance Nanocatalysis
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have uncovered important evidence that explains how water, usually an inhibitor of catalytic reactions, can sometimes promote them. The findings could lead to fewer constraints on reaction conditions potentially leading to the development of lower cost techniques for certain industrially important catalytic reactions.
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