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Two Nanotechnology Breakthroughs from IBM: Single-Atom Data Storage and Molecular Computers

August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

IBM Unveils Two Major Nanotechnology Breakthroughs as Building Blocks for Atomic Structures and Devices – Magnetic Atom Milestone Brings Single-Atom Data Storage Closer to Reality; Single-Molecule Switching Could Lead to Molecular Computers. ‘IBM announced two major scientific achievements in the field of nanotechnology that could one day lead to new kinds of devices and structures [...]

Aug

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Nanofluids: No “Magic” Cooling Capabilities

August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Not so super-cool after all: MIT researchers knock down theory about nanofluids. ‘MIT engineers have shown that nanofluids, which once held promise as a super-coolant, do not have the theoretical cooling capabilities many scientists believed they had. Nanofluids are suspensions of tiny particles on the nanometer, or billionth of a meter, scale. When nanofluids were [...]

Aug

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SciVee: YouTube for Scientists

August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Scientists Get a YouTube of Their Own. ‘The National Science Foundation, the Public Library of Science, and the San Diego Supercomputing Center are hoping that their new Web site — billed as a YouTube for scientists — will help demystify important research papers. The site, called SciVee, will allow scientists [...]

Aug

22

OAIster: Opening the Archives

August 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

OAIster. ‘OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources. We provide access to these digital resources by “harvesting” their descriptive metadata (records) using OAI-PMH (the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting). The Open Archives Initiative is not the same thing as the Open Access movement. Digital resources can range from an old-time advertisement of [...]

Aug

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HHMI’s BioInteractive – Free Resources for Science Teachers and Students

August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

HHMI’s BioInteractive. ‘BioInteractive is a web-based collection of biology-focused teaching materials created and administered by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Many of the resources are also available on DVD and CD-ROM. These resources include Videos, Animations, Lectures, Virtual Museums and Virtual Laboratories.

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