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Science News
October 30, 2004
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Squaring Circles Laczkovich proved that "squaring the circle" is possible, provided that the pieces have the right form. The proof applies not only to circles but also to nearly any plane figure with a mathematically well-behaved boundary... Puzzle of the Week...   |
Science News
April 21, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Temple Circles One tradition that flourished 200 years ago in Japan, during its period of isolation from the western world, involved Euclidean geometry. Scholars and others would inscribe geometric problems on wooden tablets, then hang the tablets under the eaves of shrines as offerings... |
Popular Mechanics
January 2010
Tyghe Trimble |
3 Next-Gen Fixes to the Coming Hard-Drive Crisis Hard drives could reach their limits by 2015 unless researchers can find new ways to cram more information onto their disks. |
Technology Research News
February 25, 2004 |
Hot tip boosts disk capacity Many research efforts are aimed at increasing the amount of information that can be stored in a given area of magnetic media like computer disks. One challenge is making smaller magnetic bits that are stable at room temperature. |
CIO
October 15, 2000
Sara Shay |
Disk Jockeying Certainly the 3.5-inch colorful plastic squares that today represent the majority of floppies in circulation don't appear to fit the description implied by their moniker, but the name refers to what came before, and what still lies beneath... |
