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Newly discovered 'superinsulators' promise to transform materials research

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This discovery opens new directions of inquiry in condensed matter physics and breaks ground for a new generation of microelectronics.
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Music File Compressed 1,000 Times Smaller than MP3

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Technology news // 01 April, 2008 12:20:00
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Researchers at the University of Rochester have digitally reproduced music in a file nearly 1,000 times smaller than a regular MP3 file, the music, a 20-second clarinet solo, is encoded in less than a single kilobyte.

Is graphene the new silicon?

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Technology news // 23 March, 2008 07:54:00
 Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of graphite, is a new material which combines aspects of semiconductors and metals.

New silent, microchip-sized computer "fan" has no moving parts

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Technology news // 17 March, 2008 12:03:35
 Engineers harnessing the same physical property that drives silent household air purifiers have created a miniaturized device that is now ready for testing as a silent, ultra-thin, low-power and low maintenance cooling system for laptop computers and other electronic devices.

Last Large Piece of ATLAS Detector Lowered Underground

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Technology news // 09 March, 2008 07:03:44
 Researchers in the U.S. ATLAS collaboration joined colleagues around the world to celebrate a pivotal landmark in the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - the lowering of the final piece of the ATLAS particle detector into the underground collision hall at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.

NIST 'Quantum Logic Clock' Rivals Mercury Ion as World's Most Accurate Clock

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Technology news // 06 March, 2008 08:03:13
 An atomic clock that uses an aluminum atom to apply the logic of computers to the peculiarities of the quantum world now rivals the world's most accurate clock, based on a single mercury atom. Both clocks are at least 10 times more accurate than the current U.S. time standard.

Exascale computing envisioned by Sandia and Oak Ridge researchers

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Technology news // 21 February, 2008 07:02:06
 Preparing groundwork for an exascale computer is the mission of the new Institute for Advanced Architectures, launched jointly at Sandia and Oak Ridge national laboratories.

MIT creates gecko-inspired bandage

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Technology news // 20 February, 2008 08:02:43
 MIT researchers and colleagues have created a waterproof adhesive bandage inspired by gecko lizards that may soon join sutures and staples as a basic operating room tool for patching up surgical wounds or internal injuries.

DNA Technique Yields 3-D Crystalline Organization of Nanoparticles

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Technology news // 04 February, 2008 07:02:22
 In an achievement some see as the "holy grail" of nanoscience, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have for the first time used DNA to guide the creation of three-dimensional, ordered, crystalline structures of nanoparticles (particles with dimensions measured in billionths of a meter).

Ames Laboratory Is "Beefing" Up Magnets For Electric-Drive Cars

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Technology news // 15 January, 2008 09:01:23
 Ask Iver Anderson at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory about consumer interest in and desire for "ultragreen" electric-drive vehicles, and he'll reply without a moment's hesitation that the trend is unstoppable and growing fast.

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