Integrated silicon nitride photonic chips with meter-long spiral waveguides. Credit: Jijun He, Junqiu Liu (EPFL) Encoding information into light, and transmitting it through optical fibers…
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Clemson physicist joins forces with collaborators from China and Denmark to create hybrid compound. Thermoelectrics directly convert heat into electricity and power a wide array…
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SLAC and Stanford scientists observed puddles of 2D superconducting behavior emerging from a 3D unconventional superconductor, which conducts electricity with 100% efficiency at unusually high…
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Microsoft. Credit: Unsplash While web shells have been removed that previously provided attackers access to Microsoft Exchange Servers, the FBI has revealed that some malicious…
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Technology developed through a KAUST-led collaboration with Intel, Microsoft and the University of Washington can dramatically increase the speed of machine learning on parallelized computing…
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New battery designs that are safer than today’s models will be required to power tomorrow’s electric-propelled aircraft like the one shown in this illustration. A…
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A world-first method to enable quantum optical circuits that use photons—light particles—heralds a new future for secure communication and quantum computing. The modern world is…
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have devised and implemented a simplified algorithm for turning freely drawn lines into holograms on a standard desktop CPU. They…
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We know Elon Musk is a fan, but what’s all the fuss about, and when will the Bitcoin bubble burst? Just like the stock market,…
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A unique positioning technology is being developed to pinpoint firefighters inside buildings where other positioning technologies fail. When mounting a rescue inside a building, firefighters…
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