Nano piano demonstrates storage breakthrough

R&D Magazine (March 16) -- Researchers, led by MechSE associate professor Kimani Toussaint, have demonstrated the first-ever recording of optically encoded audio onto a non-magnetic plasmonic nanostructure, opening the door to multiple uses in informational processing and archival storage. Also: Phys.Org (March 16), ScienceBlog (March 16), Controlled Environments Magazine (March 17), Photonics.com (March 17), CNet (March 17), Scientific Computing (March 18), RedOrbit.com (March 18), Scientific American (blog, March 21), Science Newsline Technology (March 23).