Ιούλιος 2016

Dutch scientists have developed a rewritable memory that stores information in the positions of individual chlorine atoms on a copper service, greatly aiding the quest to develop storage devices that can pack evermore information into a smaller space.

The 1 kilobyte device has an information storage density that is two to three orders of magnitude beyond current hard disk or flash technology. With each bit of data represented by the position of a single chlorine atom, the team was able to reach a density of 500 Terabits per square inch.

A piece of research led by the Agrobiotechnology Institute (IdAB) used a pioneering methodology to identify bacterial components involved in the infection caused by a pathogen that colonises the respiratory tracts of people with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). This discovery, which is the outcome of work in collaboration with three North American universities, will enable new channels to be opened up to develop antibacterial therapies that can be applied in respiratory infections.

Hospital Friends is an app that contains a videogame and a story to help children get used to being in hospital.

A videogame and a story to help children get used to being in hospital. It’s called ‘Hospital Friends,’ an app developed by the Grenadian business Greyman Studios and created based on the work that the Building Bridges University Students Association has been carrying out for years, whose volunteers accompany and play with the children before they are operated on in the Maternity and Child Hospital Granada.