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Entries from October 21st, 2008

Need a Million Songs on Your iPod Shuffle?

October 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Chemistry

Researchers in Scotland have made a breakthrough that could store 500,000 GB of data on a one square inch chip. That would allow you to have well over a million songs on an mp3 player the size of an iPod Shuffle (1 square inch). I’ll leave the details to someone who is interested in this [...]

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New Discovery Can Help Solve Energy Crisis

October 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Chemistry

Scientists have discovered a way to potentially convert waste heat from your car into electricity, which would drastically improve gas mileage. At the moment, up to three-fourths of the energy you put into your car in the form of gasoline is wasted, coming out of the car as waste heat. However, it has been discovered [...]

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