Telecommunications

New research combines sound and light waves in silicon chips to create a new type of signal processingCredit: D. Munk, M. Katzman, M. Hen, M. Priel, M. Feldberg, T. Sharabani, S. Levy, A. Bergman, and A. Zadok Integrated circuits in…

Dynamic data routing could make for faster photonic chips that use their entire footprintCredit: University of Pennsylvania Topological insulators are a game-changing class of materials; charged particles can flow freely on their edges and…

Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Mechanical Engineering Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have replicated one of the most well-known electromagnetic effects in physics,…

Credit: The University of Texas at Dallas Optical fiber, which uses light to transport vast amounts of data quickly between computers and other electronic devices, has revolutionized modern society, from the high-speed internet that…

Credit: Second Bay Studios Optical microresonators convert laser light into ultrashort pulses travelling around the resonator's circumference. These pulses, called "dissipative Kerr solitons", can propagate in the microresonator…

PhD candidate Angelina Markina will receive support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research A grant of 1.2 million rubles is allocated for a project titled "Efficient algorithms for microstrip antenna designs" for three years. Ms.…

Credit: Holloway/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of sensor that uses atoms to receive commonly used communications signals. This atom-based receiver has…

Credit: Image courtesy of Krista Trinder and NASA Aurora-watchers gazing at spectacular displays over the Labor Day weekend may have been seeing more than the northern lights. They may have been dazzled by STEVE as well. STEVE is…

A millimeter wave network for billions of things Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a cheaper and more efficient method for Internet-of-Things devices to receive high-speed wireless connectivity. With 75 billion…

For an online gamer, lag is the worst. The gamer watches, telling the avatar to move to avoid another player's attack, but the avatar does nothing. Then, suddenly, the avatar does all of the commands, rapid fire. It was listening, it just…