Telecommunications

First-of-its-kind study explores phenomenon of visual cues and live video interactionsCredit: Florida Atlantic University From health care to education to media, social distancing across the globe due to coronavirus (COVID-19)…

New method for generating quantum-entangled photons in a spectral range of light previously inaccessible developedCredit: Michael Kues/PQT An international team with the participation of Prof. Dr. Michael Kues from the Cluster…

Electronically controlled 2-D reflector promises improved microwave communications, beam steering without moving pieces, and one-way microwave mirrorsCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 20, 2020 -- Researchers…

Across the globe, telecommunications companies have installed over 2.5 billion miles of optical fibers -- enough to reach from Earth to Neptune. This massive network rapidly transmits nearly all data, voice and video communications around…

Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Whether networked vehicles that warn of traffic jams in real time, household appliances that can be operated remotely, "wearables" that monitor physical activity, or industrial plants that detect possible…

Credit: University of Southampton Researchers from the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics at the University of Southampton have demonstrated a new leap in hollow-core fibre performance, underlining the technology's…

A team of medical research and bioethics experts at Oxford University are supporting European governments to explore the feasibility of rapidly and widely deploying a coronavirus mobile app for instant contact tracing. Oxford, UK A team…

Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech A room-temperature bonding technique for integrating wide bandgap materials such as gallium nitride (GaN) with thermally-conducting materials such as diamond could boost the cooling effect on GaN devices and…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 10, 2020--A fascinating new study has shown that the duration of a text-based counseling session, the length of the counselor's messages, and quick response time by the…

Drexel researchers unveil a scalable system for producing the promising 2D materialCredit: Drexel University For more than a decade, two-dimensional nanomaterials, such as graphene, have been touted as the key to making better microchips,…

Self-selection of online tasks leads to lower hourly pay for women March 4, 2020 -- The U.S. is witnessing a dramatic rise in nontraditional 'gig economy' labor markets where workers are hired for single projects often on a short-term…

MU researcher examines impact of digital learning on student creativityCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Technology has shifted the way that professors teach students in higher education. For example, by uploading recorded…

Credit: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Researchers in South Korea have developed a new optical communications technology that can transfer data in lightning speed. The new technology sends and receives twice…

The next era of computing will depend on controlling light the way we now control electricity, and Stanford scientists have developed a trick that could do just that. To develop futuristic technologies like quantum computers, scientists…

They can thus start a subscription at the expense of others or publish secret company documents under someone else's identityCredit: RUB, Kramer Exploiting a vulnerability in the mobile communication standard LTE, also known as 4G,…

Transmission of 10.66 Pb/s with a spectral efficiency of 1158.7 bit/s/Hz over a 38-core 3-mode fiberCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Transmission of 10.66 Pb/s with a spectral efficiency of…

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Emergency medicine physicians at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University are helping rural hospitals better treat patients by establishing tele-emergency…

American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) finds mobile devices both reliable and accurate for the clinical decision to administer IV thrombolysis in patients with acute strokeCredit: American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) Leesburg,…

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists and engineers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the University of Leeds in the UK have created the first electrically-driven 'topological' laser, which has the ability to…

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina, Sarah Pack Sarah, a military veteran living on the coast of South Carolina, knew she had a problem. The opioids prescribed for her pain were becoming a headache of their own. "We…