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Published online 30 July 1998 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news980730-7
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Cosmic rays and computers
Next time your computer has a memory error, you could blame it on unwelcome visitors from outer space - cosmic rays.
Every second, 100,000 high-energy cosmic-ray particles from distant parts of the Galaxy hit each square metre of the the Earth's atmosphere.
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