Hard-pressed by humans, rainforests lost their ability to act as carbon sinks
Instead, they now release around 8% of global emissions.
Tag: storage
IBM achieves 330TB storage on magnetic tape, set to improve ‘cloud’ applications
Magnetic tapes might be tech dinosaurs but they're still invaluable for some applications.
Single-atom magnets used to create data storage one million times more dense than regular hard disks
Scaled up, it will likely lose some efficiency -- but will still leave HDDs in the dust.
Operating system and a movie, among others, stored in DNA with no errors. The method can pack 215 petabytes of data in a single gram of DNA
A huge breakthrough might help solve our growing 'big data' storage problem.
Non-toxic, non-corrosive flow battery could last for more than a decade
This could be a game changer for storing renewable energy like wind or solar.
Running out of storage on your iPhone? Download a big app, Lifehacker says
Gotta clean'em all!
New method developed to encode huge quantity of data in diamonds
Data is a girl's best friend.
Keeping coffee in the fridge enhances its flavor, besides keeping it fresh
A new study found there are some added benefits to keeping the coffee in the fridge, which not even the ...
Harvard team turns bacteria into living hard drives
Make your data evolve!
IBM ups storage for next-gen memories hundreds of times faster than your SSD
A team from IBM Research dramatically increased the storage capacity of an alternative memory structure called phase-change memory (PCM) to ...
Flash memory chip built from atom-thick components
If you still don't know what graphene is, you'd better learn pretty soon - because it's the stuff of the ...
Using DNA as a storage device – 100 million hours of HD video in every cup
I remember years ago, when I got my first computer - it had a storage capacity of 40 MB. A ...
Self-assembling polymer increases HDD memory capacity by a factor of five
Data storage has reached great heights in the past two decades. You can now fit in a typical PC hard-drive ...
IBM develops smallest storage device: 12 atoms for a single bit!
Moore's law states that the level of technology and computing power should double every two years, and so far the ...
Japanese project aims to turn CO2 into natural gas
Mankind is screwing up. I'm sorry, that's just the way it is. Not taking care of our natural resources, polluting ...