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A Device the Size of a Postage Stamp Could Store Every Book in Existence

July 23, 2016

Data storage is rapidly shrinking. Now, a team of nanoscientists led by Sander Otte at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has just announced the densest method ever developed to store re-writable digital data. The method of moving around individual chlorine atoms on a flat sheet of copper can write a 1 kilobyte message at 500 terabits per square inch. […]

Will the Eternal City End on Pi?

July 23, 2016

A volcano is coming to life just outside of Rome where the Pope’s summer villa sits. Castel Gandolfo is a town located 15 miles (24 kilometres) southeast of Rome in the Lazio region of Italy. An analysis of rocks from the region revealed a history of past volcanic eruptions whereby the volcano Colli Albani enters an eruptive phase […]