Promising Step Towards More Effective Hydrogen Storage

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ScienceDaily (Jun. 16, 2008) — An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles -a potential hydrogen storage material. Submitted by: nriweb | Visited 5 times | Comments 0

♦ Big 3 mimic each other at E3: more, more and more

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Attendees play video games on the exhibit floor of E3 Media and Business Summit on Tuesday, July 15, 2008, in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES — One word sums up the announcements made by the Big Three gaming companies at the E3 this week: more. During their flashy news conferences, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony all announced plans for more games, more sequels, more exclusives... Submitted by: Harald Johnsen - Visited 33 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Self Storage

1 vote	Finding a great storage location is what Storage Concierge is all about. Below you have 3 options of finding storage location near you. Finding a great storage location is what Storage Concierge is all about. Below you have 3 options of finding storage location near you. Submitted by: outsourcehenry - Visited 9 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Are smartphone viruses really a threat to your network?

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All evidence points to the fact that smartphone viruses will be a threat to your network even though they aren’t at this moment. After all, the latest mobile devices are packed with more and more applications and corporate data, are enabled for real Web browsing and online collaboration, and can access corporate servers. What’s more... Submitted by: kakarotoni - Visited 25 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Be a More Efficient Digital Photographer

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Maybe you love working with images on your PC--but if so, you're probably an exception rather than the rule. Most people I know would rather be taking pictures than fiddling with them in an image editor. This week I've got a few tips for working faster and more efficiently with your digital photos, so you can get away from the monitor and spend more time snapping pictures. Submitted by: benjaminp - Visited 31 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Negative perception of blacks rises with more news watching, studies say

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Communication professor Travis Dixon found in a pair of studies that the more people watched either local or network news, the more likely they were to draw on negative stereotypes... Click here for more information. Watching the news should make you more informed, but it also may be making you more likely to stereotype, says a University of Illinois researcher. Submitted by: gift-online - Visited 14 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Hydrogen Cars? Prototype Hydrogen Storage Tank Maintains Extended Thermal Endurance

1 vote	ScienceDaily (Jun. 10, 2008) — A cryogenic pressure vessel developed and installed in an experimental hybrid vehicle by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory research team can hold liquid hydrogen for six days without venting any of the fuel. Unlike conventional liquid hydrogen (LH2 tanks in prototype cars... Submitted by: Guy Rich - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Negative Perception Of Blacks Rises With More News Watching, Studies Say

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ScienceDaily (July 17, 2008) Watching the news should make you more informed, but it also may be making you more likely to stereotype, says a University of Illinois researcher. In a pair of recently published studies, communication professor Travis Dixon found that the more people watched either local or network news, the more likely they were to draw on negative stereotypes about blacks. Submitted by: needsmoney - Visited 16 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Violence linked to TV, teen mothers

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Why are American teenagers three times more violent than Canadian teens? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it's not necessarily because there are more crime-ridden big cities in the U.S. Instead, the answer has more to do with the fact there are far more children born to teenage mothers in the U.S. than in Canada -and that many more U.S. teenagers are addicted to TV. Submitted by: abedelrahman - Visited 14 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Self Storage

1 vote	Self Storage Blog is your one stop source for all your self storage information needs. Read and learn about all self storage matters from the authorities in the self storage industry. Submitted by: outsourcehenry - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Improved ion mobility is key to new hydrogen storage compound

1 vote	The atomic structure of the mix of lithium amide with lightweight metal hydrides shows layers of calcium that the lithium ions can sprint through. This facilitates hydrogen storage and release. Click here for more information. Submitted by: dylanj - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Internet, Alcohol Making Teenage Girls Obese

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The survey, involving more than 5000 girls between the ages of 14 and 21 years from all 50 states, found that more Internet time, more alcohol consumption, and less sleep resulted in extra weight gain during the study year. Girls aged 18 years or older who consumed 2 or more alcoholic beverages a week or slept less than 6 hours a night gained more weight than other study participants. In fact... Submitted by: goldmon - Visited 10 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ More than 1M homeless from flooding in China

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FOSHAN, China (AP) — Weeks of rain pushed rivers over their banks in southern China, displacing more than 1.27 million people and forcing some to huddle on rooftops Monday as the region braced for more downpours. The floods killed 57 people, collapsed tens of thousands of homes, damaged crops across more than 2.12 million acres and causing more than an estimated $1. Submitted by: Shiffy - Visited 13 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Small protein may have big role in making more bone and less fat

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Dr. Xingming Shi, bone biologist at the Medical College of Georgia Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics. Click here for more information. A small protein may have a big role in helping you make more bone and less fat, researchers say. "The pathways are parallel, and the idea is if you can somehow disrupt the fat production pathway, you will get more bone," says Dr. Xingming Shi... Submitted by: marthyvp - Visited 11 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Xbox 360 Console Upgraded to 60GB Storage

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60gb storage now included with Xbox 360; 20GB console will drop to $299.99 in U.S. and Canada. Microsoft Corp. is giving consumers more gigabytes for their buck. The company today announced an Xbox 360 console with triple the storage space of the original console, but for the same price of $349 (U.S.) estimated retail price (ERP). Available in retail stores in the U.S. Submitted by: honey - Visited 7 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Porsche takes one more step towards VW acquisition

1 vote	Due to several technicalities, Porsches takeover of Volkswagen has been delayed by months, but it appears the German sports car maker is inching closer towards a VW acquisition. Submitted by: Jon1771 - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Holographic storage, 150GB discs finally coming to market

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Earlier this month, we launched The Server Room, Ars Technica's new community for IT professionals. The Server Room launch is sponsored by Dell’s Future of Storage. This article on a new archival backup technology is part of an ongoing topics and discussions related to IT and storage technology. Holographic storage maker InPhase, a spinoff of Bell Labs, first appeared on the radar back in 2005. Submitted by: kriss05 - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Intel releases more details on future Nehalem chip

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An Intel paper to be released Tuesday offers more details on future Nehalem processors. Rajesh Kumar, Intel fellow and director of the Circuit & Low Power Technologies Digital Enterprise Group, gave a brief overview of a paper covering "clocking architecture" and some of the major data transfer and power savings goals for Nehalem... Submitted by: brian65 - Visited 15 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Madonna: 'I'm Getting More Attractive With Age'.

1 vote	Madonna: 'I'm Getting More Attractive With Age'.... Pop superstar Madonna is embracing the ageing process, insisting she is only just reaching the peak of her attractiveness at 49. The singer feels fitter, more toned and more attractive than she has ever been as she approaches her 50th birthday in August (08). Submitted by: Blacksnow - Visited 11 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Internet, alcohol and sleep tied to girls' weight

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Girls and young women who devote much time to the Internet, get too little sleep or regularly drink alcohol are more likely than their peers to put on excess weight, a new study suggests. The researchers, who followed more than 5,000 girls between 14 and 21 years old for 1 year, found that the more spare time girls spent on the Internet, the more their body mass index (BMI) increased. Submitted by: LawnchairLarry - Visited 13 - Comments 0 - Write first comment