Grandis makes a non-NAND flash solid state storage technology called spin-transfer torque RAM (STT-RAM) that stores information via the direction of magnetization in a spin-polarized electron current.

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And a much smaller firm, First Pacific Advisors of Los Angeles, has filed to spin itself off to management from its current owner, Old Mutual Holdings .

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Current wireless protocols alter the spin angular momentum (SAM) of radio waves to hold info, and by combining both methods the team was able to pack eight data steams into a single signal, resulting in the mouth-watering number noted above.

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Andrew Kent, a physicist at New York University, spends most days running electricity through a magnet smaller in diameter than a single cell, trying to determine the lowest current at which an electron's spin changes orientation.

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But, with its system-of-systems modernization approach, branded as FCS, moving from the drawing board to the testing field and its first spin-out of new capability to be integrated with the current force occurring next year, the Army is laying the groundwork for success.

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In fact, Trencheny plans to spin off a version of the Web app to track other current wildfires in Colorado, such as the High Park Fire outside Fort Collins, which has burned more than 87, 000 acres, or the Flagstaff Fire burning just outside Boulder.

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