Jul 12 2011

Cities Can Be Carbon Sinks Too

Tag: Birds,Building,Cars,Exhaust and Emissions,Forests,Golf,Green,Islands,Parks,Rivers,Scientists,Shrubs,Storage,Trees,Video,Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:14 pm
Cities can be of surprising help in soaking up carbon pollution.

Jun 30 2011

Roller Pen Writes Electronic Circuitry

Tag: Apps,Batteries,Business,Computers,Devices,Electronic Art,Electronics,Engineering,Experiments,High School,How to Draw,Light,Materials,Materials Science,Nanotech,Paper,Particles,RFID,Science,Soldiers,Storage,Technology,Video,Windows — Alyssa Danigelis @ 2:41 pm
The rollerball pen dispenses conductive silver ink, enabling electrical circuits to be drawn directly on paper and other surfaces.

Apr 22 2011

Drink Up: Chemistry Keeps Beer Fresher, Longer

Tag: Beer,Chemistry,Storage,Taste — Emily Sohn @ 1:50 pm
Knowing how beer becomes unpleasantly bitter can help breweries craft a beverage with a longer shelf life.

Feb 11 2011

As Computer Capacity Soars, Users Drowning in Data

Tag: Computers,Devices,Internet,Media,Storage,Technology — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 12:00 pm
A whopping 94 percent of global data is now stored digitally, up from 0.8 percent 25 years ago.

Jan 11 2011

Oldest Winery Unearthed in Armenian Cave

Tag: Archaeology,Artifacts,Storage,Wine — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:27 pm
The rudimentary wine press and vat date to more than 6,000 years ago.

Jan 10 2011

Bacteria Work as Hard Drives

Tag: Bacteria,Computers,DNA,Storage,Synthetic Biology — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:00 am
Scientists have found a way to store, encrypt and retrieve complex data in the DNA of E. coli.

Aug 23 2010

Beyond the Black Box

Tag: Air Travel,Aircraft,Artifacts,Atlantic Ocean,Aviation,Batteries,Birds,Child,Colleges,Communication,Computers,Design,Devices,Disasters and Accidents,Electronics,Engaged,Engineering,Engines,Events,Experts,Eye,Fall,Father,Fear,Glass,Government,Health Insurance,History,Internet,Inventions,Investigation,Lawsuits,Logging,Mining,Movies,Murder,Navy,Oceania and Australia,Office,Officer,Polar Regions,Privacy,Radio,Safety,Satellites,Science,Seas,Sensors,Storage,Streams,Submarine,Suicide,Technology,The Future,Touch,Transportation — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 am
Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground.

Jun 15 2010

Even Batteries are Bigger in Texas

Tag: Batteries,Electricity,Engineering,Sensors,Solar Power,Storage,Storms,Technology,Wind — Gene Charleton @ 2:05 pm
Large-scale batteries could help even out the electrical highs and lows in a future power grid that depends on intermittent wind and solar energy.