As we learned when the console was initially announced, the Wii U's "proprietary high-density optical discs" hold up to 25GB of data -- equivalent with that of Sony's single-layer Blu-ray format on the PlayStation 3, and much larger than the Xbox 360's dual-layer DVD format.
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Andrx may have the best shot at winning the court battle because it claims to have developed a patented two-layer formulation that completely avoids Astra's middle layer.
Nitrous oxide is also considered a greenhouse gas and is 310 times more dangerous to the Earth's ozone layer than carbon dioxide, said Joseph Johns, chief of the U.S. attorney's environmental crimes section.
Many old fridges contain chemicals called Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which damage the Earth's ozone layer.
Particularly offensive is Mr Obama's thick layer of competitive grants for favoured initiatives (merit pay and charter schools among them).
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For women, there's a layer of newness to it all: We're going forth without either a net or enough role models to pave the way.
Greenland's surface layer vaulted into the news in summer 2012 when higher than normal temperatures caused surface melting across about 97 percent of the ice sheet.
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The micoach Elite System includes a small data cell that fits into a player's base layer in a protective pocket on the back between the shoulder blades.
It's another layer of protection against the cold of winter.
The European Commission's top layer of political leaders will shrink.
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It's a layer of carbon nanotubes on silicon, and it might just be instrumental to getting a lot more power out of solar cells than we're used to.
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and the University of Iowa had targeted neurons in a part of the cortex the brain's outer layer associated with seeking a reward.
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The anodized shell is tightly beveled -- almost to the point of being too sharp-- while the screen is raised slightly above the rest of the construction (a relief, then, that there's a layer of Gorilla Glass shielding it).
Before the experiment in the hanger could begin, researchers calculated the pressures the house would experience in a small-scale study conducted at the University's Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory -- which has over 40 years of expertise testing high-rise buildings and bridges.
But just beneath Portland's bohemian top layer is a stately town that's almost Midwestern in its decency, set against a stunning natural backdrop.
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And for the small contingent of Chromebook users, there's yet another layer of tightness that makes the usage of the entire family feel more involved.
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The data, from NASA's TIMED mission, show that Earth's thermosphere (the layer above 62 miles or 100 km above the Earth's surface) "responds quite dramatically to the effects of the 11-year solar cycle, " Stan Solomon of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.
"It's like baking a layer cake, but doing it one layer at a time, " said Atala.
In each layer, electrons exist at a different level of energy, determined by the layer's thickness.
The scientists examined two Martian meteorites that formed in the planet's mantle, the layer under the crust.
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The Montreal protocol, which banned various ozone-depleting chemicals, has left the ozone layer's long-term prospects looking quite bonny.
When intense enough, flares can disturb the Earth's atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.
World's first triple-layer Blu-ray Disc media featuring large 100GB recording storage capacity.
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This is because it takes years for the compounds to reach the ozone layer's home in the stratosphere, 15-50 kilometres (10-30 miles) above the earth.
The effect of these strengthened winds whipping across the sea surface is to bring deeper, more carbon-rich water up from below, thus reducing the surface layer's capacity to absorb more CO2 from the air.
There's even a protective layer of splash-guard coating.
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The most established technology related to tracking social media comes from Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) platform, which has been scanning the Internet using techniques based on patterns and probability for more than a decade.
Having heard from quite a range of them, the strong, collective message from officialdom is one of frustration at a lack of political leadership (he's not specifying which layer of government) in openly explaining the tough choices facing public services and spending.
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