Archive for the ‘Science & Research’ Category

How trivial is the operation of a data center today? Does the data center itself, in its common form, still provide room for patents? Would the supply of electricity if it came from a wind turbine that is connected to the data center, in its simplest form, qualify for a patent? Apparently so.

Searching for the Higgs boson has proven to be much more difficult than just a needle in the haystack idea. However, scientists now say that they have “significantly” narrowed the believed mass region of the mysterious boson.

IBM announced that it has developed experimental cognitive computer chips that are based on the structure that were “inspired” by the human brain, which, if used in the future, could be much smaller and use less power than today’s chips.

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) say that the pace of ice melting may not continue and that the amount of ice may stabilize and even increase over the next few decades.

There are some things that you just shouldn’t do. Such as building your own home nuclear reactor.

Fermilab today announced that scientists working at the CDF (Collision Detector at Fermilab) experiment confirmed the observation of a new particle, the Xi-sub-b.

Google Earth has been one of the most fascinating true apps of the modern Internet. More detail is the obvious next phase of digital maps. A stunning virtual 3D environment of Mount Everest could provide a first clue how virtual travel will look in the future.

Internet usage and especially browsers should come with a warning label: Signing up for a high-speed Internet access may cause prescription drug abuse.

Researchers at MIT have developed a new sensor that could give airport security screens a much more sensitive tool to detect explosives built from nitro-aromatic compounds, such as TNT. According to the scientists, the senor can pick up TNT traces down to the molecular level and therefore detect explosives even as they decompose.

It’s a status symbol for many Facebook users to have hundreds and possibly thousands of friends. However, a researcher from the University of Illinois suggests that more friends increase the chance that your Facebook account will be hacked – especially if you accept friend requests from people you do not know.

Sick of $4 gas? It appears that we keep discussing our dependency on foreign oil always when it hurts in our own wallets. We forget that there is actually research that could alleviate the pain and help with the transition to less expensive fuels as well as fuels that don’t impact the environment quite as much. Electric power is one possibility, biofuels another.

Physicists at Fermilab are pretty excited these days as they believe they could have made the most significant discovery in physics in 50 years. There is a strong indication that a bump in their data sets could point to a new particle or natural force at the nucleus level, which will be impacting our lives in the future.