Monday, September 1, 2008

Spliced feed for The Science Network

Spliced feed for The Science Network

Japanese Develop New IC with MRAM + Arithmetic Unit [SciScoop Science Blog]

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Hitachi and a Japanese university has developed a new chip containing both 'logic' (arithmetic unit) and an MRAM (spintronics-based) chip. Placing memory and logic together makes it quicker and the MRAM means that the memory does not have to be 'refreshed' all the time (it's non-volatile).

Skeptics Guide #162 - August 26th, 2008 [The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe]

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 07:25 AM CDT

Interview with Richard Saunders; News Items: WTC-7 Collapse, Neanderthal Tool Making, Rainbow Lady Follow Up; Your Questions and E-mails: Teleportation; Science or Fiction

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Moon swings by Venus September 1 and 2 [Earth & Sky Podcast]

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 04:09 AM CDT

Monday, September 1. Depending on where you live, you might be able to see a thin waxing crescent in the west today. Venus and the moon are bright, but they're also in bright twilight now – near the western horizon after sunset.

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Understanding how planets grow from 'seeds' [Earth & Sky Podcast]

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 04:08 AM CDT

‘Planetesimals’ is the name for the seeds around which entire planets form. Astronomer Jill Tarter talked to EarthSky about a new telescope in the Atacama desert of Chile that might help explain the miracle of how grains of dust form into planets.

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