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Bible put on a pinhead-size chip
(Dec 27, 2007)
Researchers in Israel say they have succeeded in putting a version
of the Bible on a chip smaller than a pinhead. Its 300,000 words in
Hebrew were inscribed on a silicon surface at the Haifa Institute
of Technology. Scientists say the aim of the project is to increase
young people's interest in nanoscience and nanotechnology.
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more. Source: BBC |
Google debuts knowledge project
(Dec 15, 2007)
Google has kicked off a project to create an authoritative store of
information about any and every topic. The search giant has already
started inviting people to write about the subject on which they are
known to be an expert. Google said it would not act as editor for
the project but will provide the tools and infrastructure for the
pages.
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more. Source: BBC |
Light to shrink computer clusters
(Dec 7, 2007)
Supercomputers may one day be the size of a laptop thanks to research
by IBM. Scientists at IBM have completed work that may make it possible
to do away with the copper wires used to couple processing cores to
each other. The connector created by the team uses light to pass data
between the computational cores that is faster and uses less power
than copper wires.
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more. Source: BBC |
'Super' scanner shows key detail
(Nov 26, 2007)
A new scanner has been unveiled which can produce 3D body images of
unprecedented clarity while reducing radiation by as much as 80%.
The new 256-slice CT machine takes large numbers of X-ray pictures,
and combines them using computer technology to produce the final detailed
images. It also generates images in a fraction of the time of other
scanners: a full body scan takes less than a minute.
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more. Source: BBC |
Net gridlock by 2010 study warns
(Nov 21, 2007)
Consumer demand for bandwidth could see the internet running out of
capacity as early as 2010, a new study warns. US analyst firm Nemertes
Research predicted a drastic slowdown as the network struggles to
cope with the amount of data being carried on it. Such gridlock would
drastically affect how people use the web and could mean the next
Google or YouTube simply doesn't get off the ground, it said.
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more. Source: BBC |
Paralysed man's mind is 'read'
(Nov 16, 2007)
Scientists say they may be on the brink of translating into words
the thoughts of a man who can no longer speak, after a pioneering
experiment. Electrodes have been implanted in the brain of Eric Ramsay,
who has been "locked in" - conscious but paralysed - since a car crash
eight years ago. These have been recording pulses in areas of the
brain involved in speech.
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more. Source: BBC |
Shrinking chips use novel recipe
(Nov 12, 2007)
The chip industry's unrelenting quest to build smaller, faster microchips
has taken another step forward. Chip-maker Intel has launched a range
of processors, known as Penryn, which will power the next generation
of PCs. The tiny chips contain a novel material and have features
just 45 nanometres (billionths of a metre) wide.
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more. Source: BBC |
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