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April 20, 2024

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Crucial Connection for 'Quantum Internet' Made for the First Time

Apr. 16, 2024 — Researchers have produced, stored, and retrieved quantum information for the first time, a critical step in quantum ...

Could New Technique for 'Curving' Light Be the Secret to Improved Wireless Communication?

Apr. 9, 2024 — A study that could help revolutionize wireless communication introduces a novel method to curve terahertz signals around an ...

Protecting Art and Passwords With Biochemistry

Apr. 8, 2024 — A new molecular test method helps to prove the authenticity of works of art. The new method could also help to make passwords secure against quantum ...

The World Is One Step Closer to Secure Quantum Communication on a Global Scale

Mar. 25, 2024 — Researchers have brought together two Nobel prize-winning research concepts to advance the field of quantum communication. Scientists can now efficiently produce nearly perfect entangled photon pairs ...

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Satellites for Quantum Communications

Mar. 13, 2024 — Through steady advances in the development of quantum computers and their ever-improving performance, it will be possible in the future to crack our current encryption processes. To address this ...

3D Reflector Microchips Could Speed Development of 6G Wireless

Mar. 6, 2024 — Researchers have developed a semiconductor chip that will enable ever-smaller devices to operate at the higher frequencies needed for future 6G communication ...

Compact Chips Advance Precision Timing for Communications, Navigation and Other Applications

Mar. 6, 2024 — Precision timing and synchronization are crucial for navigation, communication and radar systems. Scientists have built compact chips capable of ...

New Microwave Photonics Chip for High-Speed Signal Processing

Feb. 28, 2024 — Researchers have developed a microwave photonic chip that is capable of performing ultrafast analog electronic signal processing and computation using ...

Photonics-Based Wireless Link Breaks Speed Records for Data Transmission

Feb. 1, 2024 — Researchers demonstrated a 300 GHz-band wireless link that was able to transmit data over a single channel at a rate of 240 gigabits per second. The wireless communication system employs signal ...

Offshore Wind Farms Are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

Jan. 24, 2024 — Researchers have presented a new study on cyberattack risks to offshore wind farms in Glasgow, United Kingdom. They looked specifically at wind farms that use voltage-source-converter high-voltage ...

Advancement in Thermoelectricity Could Light Up the Internet of Things

Jan. 16, 2024 — Researchers have improved the efficiency of heat-to-electricity conversion in gallium arsenide semiconductor microstructures. By judicious spatial alignment of electrons within a two-dimensional ...

Researchers Unveil New Way to Counter Mobile Phone 'Account Takeover' Attacks

Jan. 22, 2024 — Computer science researchers have developed a new way to identify security weaknesses that leave people vulnerable to account takeover attacks, where ...

Artificial Intelligence Helps Unlock Advances in Wireless Communications

Jan. 11, 2024 — A new wave of communication technology is quickly approaching and researchers are now investigating ways to configure next-generation mobile ...

Are Diamonds GaN's Best Friend? Revolutionizing Transistor Technology

Dec. 21, 2023 — A research team has fabricated a gallium nitride (GaN) transistor using diamond, which of all natural materials has the highest thermal conductivity on earth, as a substrate, and they succeeded in ...

North Korea and Beyond: AI-Powered Satellite Analysis Reveals the Unseen Economic Landscape of Underdeveloped Nations?

Dec. 7, 2023 — A joint research team in computer science, economics, and geography has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) technology to measure grid-level economic development within six-square-kilometer ...

Training Algorithm Breaks Barriers to Deep Physical Neural Networks

Dec. 7, 2023 — Researchers have developed an algorithm to train an analog neural network just as accurately as a digital one, enabling the development of more efficient alternatives to power-hungry deep learning ...

New Wearable Communication System Offers Potential to Reduce Digital Health Divide

Dec. 4, 2023 — Researchers developed a wearable device that can transmit health data 2,400 times the distance of Wi-Fi without significant network ...

Photonic Chip That 'Fits Together Like Lego' Opens Door to Semiconductor Industry

Dec. 1, 2023 — A new semiconductor architecture integrates traditional electronics with photonic, or light, components could have application in advanced radar, satellites, wireless networks and 6G ...

Revolutionary Breakthrough in the Manufacture of Photovoltaic Cells

Nov. 22, 2023 — Engineers have achieved a world first by manufacturing the first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic ...

Breakthrough in Tackling Increasing Demand by 'Internet of Things' on Mobile Networks

Nov. 20, 2023 — A novel technology to manage demands on mobile networks from multiple users using Terahertz frequencies has been developed by computer ...

Optical-Fiber Based Single-Photon Light Source at Room Temperature for Next-Generation Quantum Processing

Nov. 2, 2023 — Single-photon emitters quantum mechanically connect quantum bits (or qubits) between nodes in quantum networks. They are typically made by embedding rare-earth elements in optical fibers at extremely ...

Monitoring Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles With Radio Waves

Oct. 30, 2023 — Monitoring whether states are complying with disarmament treaties is not an easy task. An international team has been exploring remote monitoring with the help of two antennas and a couple of ...

Physicists Create New Form of Antenna for Radio Waves

Oct. 17, 2023 — Physicists have used a small glass bulb containing an atomic vapor to demonstrate a new form of antenna for radio waves. The bulb was 'wired up' with laser beams and could therefore be ...

New Cyber Algorithm Shuts Down Malicious Robotic Attack

Oct. 11, 2023 — Researchers have designed an algorithm that can intercept a man-in-the-middle (MitM) cyberattack on an unmanned military robot and shut it down in seconds. The algorithm, tested in real time, ...

New Technology Could Reduce Lag, Improve Reliability of Online Gaming, Meetings

Oct. 4, 2023 — Whether you’re battling foes in a virtual arena or collaborating with colleagues across the globe, lag-induced disruptions can be a major hindrance to seamless communication and immersive ...

Cloud Services Without Servers: What's Behind It

Sep. 20, 2023 — A new generation of cloud services is on the rise. It is based on the paradigm of 'serverless computing'. A recent article deals with the history, status and potential of serverless ...

Scientists Develop an Energy-Efficient Wireless Power and Information Transfer System

Sep. 5, 2023 — Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT)-aided nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system, used for communication in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoTs), suffers from ...

Paving the Way for Advanced Quantum Sensors

Aug. 30, 2023 — Quantum physics has allowed for the creation of sensors far surpassing the precision of classical devices. Now, several new studies show that the precision of these quantum sensors can be ...

Which Radio Waves Disrupt the Magnetic Sense in Migratory Birds?

Aug. 28, 2023 — Many songbirds use the earth's magnetic field as a guide during their migrations, but radiowaves interfere with this ability. A new study has found an upper bound for the frequency that disrupts ...

The Pressure Is Real for Mums Managing Their Children's Digital Use

Aug. 24, 2023 — Parents are spending considerable amounts of energy thinking about and mitigating the risks associated with their kids using mobile phones and the ...

Lights Could Be the Future of the Internet and Data Transmission

July 25, 2023 — Fast data transmissions could be delivered in homes and offices through light-emitting diodes (LED) bulbs, complementing existing communication technologies and ...

Researchers Establish Criterion for Nonlocal Quantum Behavior in Networks

July 13, 2023 — A new theoretical study provides a framework for understanding nonlocality, a feature that quantum networks must possess to perform operations inaccessible to standard communications technology. By ...

Fastest Industry Standard Optical Fiber

May 30, 2023 — An optical fiber about the thickness of a human hair can now carry the equivalent of more than 10 million fast home internet connections running at full ...

Eruption of Tonga Underwater Volcano Found to Disrupt Satellite Signals Halfway Around the World

May 22, 2023 — Researchers found that the Hunga-Tonga eruption was associated with the formation of an equatorial plasma bubble in the ionosphere, a phenomenon associated with disruption of satellite-based ...