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Pan the heavens with Google Sky

Google has release Sky, a Google Maps type interface that lets users navigate through known parts of the universe. Continue reading

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Laser-driven hard drives

ScienceMag: “Ultra-rapid pulses of polarized light fired from lasers, new tests show, can outperform conventional magnetic data writers by as much as two orders of magnitude. Researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands think they’ve found another candidate. In … Continue reading

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Sewage-based Diesel

Slashdot: A New Zealand company has successfully turned sewage into modern-day gold. New Zealand Herald is reporting that a Marlborough-based Aquaflow Bionomic yesterday announced it had produced its first sample of bio-diesel fuel from algae in sewage ponds. It is … Continue reading

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