Goop speeds hard drive - Your computer needs lubricant
 

AN AMERICAN boffin has come up with a lubricant which she claims can speed up your hard-drive and make it last longer.
University of Illinois PhD. candidate Wei Xiao has designed the lube, called SHP, which is based on polyester, as part of her PhD project.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18151

Nice to hear something good again coming out of Illinois.;)