Quantum data storage: single-molecule magnet uses depleted uranium

April 25, 2011 

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have created a new molecule containing two uranium atoms which, if kept at a very low temperature, will maintain its magnetism.

This type of single-molecule magnet (SMM) has the potential to increase data storage capacity by many hundreds, even thousands of times, allowing for huge volumes of data to be stored in tiny places.

The researchers have demonstrated SMM behavior by linking more than one uranium atom together via a bridging toluene molecule.

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How bacteria could generate radio waves

April 25, 2011

Radio-frequency emissions from certain bacteria could be generated by free electrons moving around DNA loops as they transition between quantum energy levels, researchers at Northeastern University and University of Perugia suggest, based on modeling.

The frequencies would be at 0.5, 1 and 1.5 kilohertz, which are the frequencies that have been measured in E Coli bacteria by Luc Montagnier, who won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2008. They could possibly be used for intercellular communication.

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MIT Media Lab featured on BBC’s Music Matters in Boston April 23, 2011

April 22, 2011 

Composer and MIT professor Tod Machover takes listeners on a guided tour of music at the MIT Media Lab on BBC Radio 3′s flagship classical music program, “Music Matters” Saturday, April 23.

The program will also feature two-time Grammy Award winning clarinettist Richard Stolzman, Boston’s acclaimed early music ensembles (Boston Camerata and Handel and Haydn Society) and El Sistema USA, modelled on Venezuela’s now legendary music education system.

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