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Tag: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Light from silicon proclaimed as ‘Breakthrough of the Year’
Erik Bakkers’ research group was crowned on December 17 by Physics World
An LED that can be integrated directly into computer chips
The advance could cut production costs and reduce the size of microelectronics for sensing and communication.
Faraday fabrics?
MXene-coated fabric could contain electronic interference in wearable devices
Atom-thin transistor uses half the voltage of common semiconductors, boosts current density
The two-dimensional structure could by key for quantum computing, extending Moore’s Law
Designed a tool that will automate device programming in the IoT
UOC researchers develop new solutions to boost Industry 4.0 development
Research develops new theoretical approach to manipulate light
The quest to discover pioneering new ways in which to manipulate how light travels through electromagnetic materials has taken a new, unusual twist. An innovative research project, carried out by experts from the University of Exeter, has developed a new…
Tech makes it possible to digitally communicate through human touch
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Instead of inserting a card or scanning a smartphone to make a payment, what if you could simply touch the machine with your finger? A prototype developed by Purdue University engineers would essentially let your body…
Covert communications go quantum
University of Arizona researcher builds on WWII methods to reach the pinnacle of secret communications.
Researchers confront optics and data-transfer challenges with 3D-printed lens
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices – a property that gives them highly specialized light-focusing abilities. This advancement is poised to improve imaging, computing and communications by significantly increasing the data-routing capability of…
Danish researchers develop budget optical ammonia sensor
The new photonic sensor technology can pave the way for a portable, reliable and, above all, inexpensive device for detecting ammonia and other gases in agriculture
System-on-chip design: From system to transistor
A must-read for system and circuit designers, technologists and physicists from the World Scientific Advanced Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Struggles of care home staff during COVID-19 first wave revealed in Whatsapp messages
Analysis of social media messages between care home staff on the coronavirus front line reveal their growing concerns over how to manage in the face of the virus.
Arturo Azcorra, recipient of the Reginald Fessenden Award
The director of the IMDEA Networks Institute has been recognised for his contribution to the development of 5G technology
Breaking the power and speed limit of lasers
Researchers invent a novel vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, the workhorses of datacenters and optical sensors
The role of drones in 5G network security
A study by Giovanni Geraci and researchers at Mississippi State University, which aims to improve the security of advanced wireless networks against a series of eavesdropping, interference and identity theft
Changes in outpatient care delivery, telemedicine during COVID-19 pandemic
What The Study Did: To understand how telemedicine compensated for declining outpatient volume and geographic variation in changing patterns of outpatient care, researchers examined telemedicine and in-person outpatient visits in 2020 among a national sample of 16.7 million people with…
Researchers develop ultra-fast polymer modulators that can take the heat
Silicon-polymer hybrid modulators capable of optical data rates of 200 Gbit/s at temperatures up to 110 °C could help reduce datacenter cooling costs
Mason engineering professor receives funding from the NSF for cyber-infrastructure testbed
Bijan Jabbari, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Volgenau School of Engineering collaborating with East Carolina University received approximately $2.5 million (with over $2 million to Mason)
Weather-proof chip aims to take self-driving tech, wireless communications to next level
Modern communications technology, regardless of use, relies on a similar formula: devices send signals and information through data centers, towers and satellites en route to their final destination. The effectiveness of the communication relies on how well that information travels,…
Intelligent surfaces signal better coverage
Specialized reflective panels located on top of buildings and deployed widely across a city could significantly improve network coverage, shows a KAUST modeling study. Next-generation cellular networks (5G and beyond) will provide communication coverage to wider rural areas, while improving…
Transmitting Data From Space to Earth With Laser Filaments
A new research project for satellite telecommunications, supported by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, proposes to use the properties of light itself to punch a pathway for data through the clouds.
INRS researchers José Azaña and Roberto Morandotti awarded the Brockhouse Canada Prize
Professors José Azaña and Roberto Morandotti are recipients of the prestigious Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering
Ignis Health licenses telehealth roadmap from the Medical University of South Carolina
In a quest to create a one-stop telehealth solution, Ignis Health, which has developed a robust telehealth analytics platform, licenses a roadmap for telehealth implementation from the Medical University of South Carolina
Transmitting data from space to earth with laser filaments
Pulsed light clears a path through the atmosphere for second beam of information
Stevens’ expert awarded $3.3M to protect ports, ships from underwater threats
Stevens Institute of Technology’s Hady Salloum and his team will commercialize an underwater security system previously tested by the US Navy and US Coast Guard to meet the needs of the private sector, keep supply chain running smoothly
A new candidate material for quantum spin liquids
In 1973, physicist and later Nobel laureate Philip W. Anderson proposed a bizarre state of matter: the quantum spin liquid (QSL). Unlike the everyday liquids we know, the QSL actually has to do with magnetism – and magnetism has to…
Tokyo’s voluntary standstill may have stopped COVID-19 in its tracks
Tokyo – Why did Japan largely contain COVID-19 despite famously jam-packed Tokyo and despite the country’s proximity to China? With no penalties and only requests for cooperation, Japan’s state of emergency somehow averted the large-scale outbreaks seen elsewhere. At least…
Disparities in uptake of telemedicine during COVID-19 surge in multidisciplinary head, neck cancer population
What The Study Did: The association between patient demographic characteristics and socioeconomic status and engagement in telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic is examined in this observational study. Authors: Samantha Tam, M.D., M.P.H., of the Henry Ford Health System and Henry…
What digital revolution? Hundreds of millions of farmers still cannot get online
In the first assessment of its kind, researchers found that small farmers across the globe have woefully low access to mobile networks and the internet. With 5G coming online, the digital divide may widen even more for the world’s poor
Devil in the defect detail of quantum emissions unravelled
Study helps unlock chemical structure in defects that emit single photons
Surrey device takes us closer to high-performing wearable and eco-disposable AI electronics
The University of Surrey has unveiled a device with unique functionality that could signal the dawn of a new design philosophy for electronics, including next-generation wearables and eco-disposable sensors. In a study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems , researchers from…
Scientists explain the paradox of quantum forces in nanodevices
Researchers proposed a new approach to describe the interaction of metals with electromagnetic fluctuations (i.e., with random bursts of electric and magnetic fields).
UT Arlington electrical engineering professor named fellow of the Optical Society
High honor for photonics expert Zhou
Chili-shaped device could reveal just how hot that pepper is
Some people love spicy food — the hotter, the better. Others go out of their way to avoid the palate-singeing burn of capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick. Now, researchers have developed a portable device (whimsically shaped…
High pressure is key for better optical fibers
Optical fiber data transmission can be significantly improved by producing the fibers, made of silica glass, under high pressure, researchers from Japan and the US report in the journal npj Computational Materials . Using computer simulations, researchers at Hokkaido University,…
A trillion turns of light nets terahertz polarized bytes
Nanophotonics researchers demonstrate ultrafast polarization switching
Wearable circuits printed directly on human skin
Wearable electronics are getting smaller, more comfortable and increasingly capable of interfacing with the human body. To achieve a truly seamless integration, electronics could someday be printed directly on people’s skin. As a step toward this goal, researchers reporting in…
New discovery opens for breakthrough in laser technology
Aarhus University has received a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate nonlinear effects in semiconductor lasers — a stepping-stone to enable next generation higher-order modulation in fiber optic networks
Well-formed disorder for versatile light technologies
From microscopes to data transfer via optical fibres all the way to modern quantum technologies, light plays an important role in science and industry. Particularly methods for changing the colour – and hence the frequency and wavelength – of light…
Multi-state data storage leaving binary behind
Stepping ‘beyond binary’ to store data in more than just 0s and 1s
Signals from distant stars connect optical atomic clocks across Earth for the first time
Transportable radio telescopes could provide global high-precision comparisons of the best atomic clocks.
Primary care office-based vs telemedicine care visits during COVID-19 pandemic
What The Study Did: This observational study quantified national changes in the volume, type and content of primary care delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially with regard to office-based visits compared with telemedicine encounters. Authors: G. Caleb Alexander, M.D., M.S.,…
Microcomb-injected pulsed lasers as variable microwave gears
Low-noise microwave signals are of critical importance in numerous applications such as high-speed telecommunication and ultrafast data processing. Conventionally, such signals are generated with bulky and delicate microwave oscillators that are not suitable for out-of-door applications. But recently, physicists have…
Scientists studied nanoparticles embedded in silver-ion-exchanged glasses
Researchers have registered the formation of silver nanoparticles in an ion-exchanged glass as a result of infrared laser irradiation.
New system detects faint communications signals using the principles of quantum physics
Researchers have demonstrated a system that could dramatically increase the performance of communications networks
Comparing effectiveness of smartphone apps for quitting smoking
What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial compared the effectiveness of two smartphone apps that use different approaches to help smokers quit. Authors: Jonathan B. Bricker, Ph.D., of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, is the corresponding…
Development of high-sensitivity, wide-IF band heterodyne receiver in THz frequency range
Realized by NICT’s original superconducting device structure using magnetic materials
Rochester researchers document an optical fiber beyond compare
A new hollow optical fiber greatly reduces the “noise” interfering with the signals it transmits compared to the single-mode fibers now widely used, researchers at the University of Rochester report. The anti-resonant hollow-core fiber, created by researchers at the University…
MobiCom 2020 showcases latest innovations in mobile technology
Leading venue for mobile computing and wireless networking research goes virtual