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Mechanical arm could spark memory breakthrough 
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Mechanical arm could spark memory breakthrough
By Stewart Mitchell | Mar 29, 2011 | Comment Now 
Researchers have grand designs for Flash replacement technology.
 
Researchers make programming breakthrough 
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Researchers make programming breakthrough
By Nick Farrell | Feb 27, 2009 | Comment Now 
Researchers have developed a software tool which makes the translation of code for global markets faster.
 
Open Source makes historic UK breakthrough 
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By Mark Ballard | Sep 23, 2008 | Comment Now 
Open Source companies have been granted official permission to supply software to the UK public sector for the first time in British history.
 
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Hynix claims Flash memory breakthrough 
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A group of engineers at MIT has developed a new type of membrane for one type of fuel cell which they claim could improve power output by more than 50 percent..
 
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IBM is planning to introduce a new encoding system that will allow video providers to stream HD video at a lean 3Mbps..
 
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An international research collaboration has developed a technology that could dramatically improve the efficiency of solar cells..
 
Nanostructure film promises solar breakthrough 
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Two nanotech methods for engineering solar cell materials are showing "particular promise", US academics reported today..
 
Stanford boffins promise battery breakthrough 
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By Matt Chapman | Dec 21, 2007 | Comment Now 
Researchers at Stanford University claim to be able to extend the battery life of lithium-ion batteries by a factor of 10 using silicon nanowires..
 
Boffins in a spin over quantum breakthrough 
Hardware
Boffins in a spin over quantum breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Oct 9, 2007 | Comment Now 
US boffins have unveiled a material which they believe could be as important to next-generation quantum computing as silicon is to the computers of today.
 
Breakthrough revolutionises microchip patterning 
Hardware
Breakthrough revolutionises microchip patterning
By Robert Jaques | Sep 3, 2007 | Comment Now 
US research engineers claim to have developed a low-cost technique for patterning microchips.
 
US boffins claim graphics processing breakthrough 
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By Robert Jaques | Aug 14, 2007 | Comment Now 
US computer scientists have developed a technique that allows the generation of highly complex images like smoke-filled bars and smog-choked cityscapes without the computational...
 
Japanese boffins claim ultraviolet breakthrough 
Hardware
Japanese boffins claim ultraviolet breakthrough
By Simon Burns | Jul 16, 2007 | Comment Now 
Better optical disks, light sources and flat-panel displays.
 
Boffins claim molecular switch breakthrough 
Strategy
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By Robert Jaques | Jul 12, 2007 | Comment Now 
Small is beautiful.
 
Boffins hail quantum computing breakthrough 
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By Robert Jaques | Jun 19, 2007 | Comment Now 
NETHERLANDS - Delft University of Technology carries out calculations with quantum bits.
 
Microsoft breakthrough scratches the Surface 
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Microsoft breakthrough scratches the Surface
May 31, 2007 | Comment Now 
'Minority Report' interactive interface unveiled.
 
MIT boffins claim analogue circuit breakthrough 
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MIT boffins claim analogue circuit breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Feb 20, 2007 | Comment Now 
Engineers promise improved consumer electronics.
 
MIT boffins claim optical breakthrough 
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MIT boffins claim optical breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Feb 7, 2007 | Comment Now 
Optical chips promise 'inconceivable' computing performance.
 
Boffin breakthrough beams bits onto photons 
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Boffin breakthrough beams bits onto photons
By Robert Jaques | Jan 25, 2007 | Comment Now 
'It sort of sounds impossible', scientist admits.
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