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Lightning fast internet where fibre fails
Lightning fast internet where fibre fails
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Taara Lightbridge brings high speed, light-based internet access to areas where it’s too difficult or expensive to install traditional fibre…
‘Cut & Fold’ a single sheet of paper to metamaterial
‘Cut & Fold’ a single sheet of paper to metamaterial
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How a single sheet of material can be ‘cut & fold’ to a 3D structure that could guide sound and…
Compact comb lights the way for next-gen photonics
Compact comb lights the way for next-gen photonics
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These devices act as rulers for measuring light, enabling breakthroughs in telecommunications, environmental monitoring, and even astrophysics In the world…
Tiny, wireless antennas use light to monitor cellular communication
Tiny, wireless antennas use light to monitor cellular communication
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As part of a high-resolution biosensing device without wires, the antennas could help researchers decode intricate electrical signals sent by…

Physicists magnetize a material with light
Physicists magnetize a material with light
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The technique provides researchers with a powerful tool for controlling magnetism, and could help in designing faster, smaller, more energy-efficient memory chips – MIT news MIT physicists have created a…
Playing with light and symmetry
Playing with light and symmetry
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In a recent study at the University of Twente, researchers discovered a way to scatter light in a special, symmetrical way using nanotechnology. This has potential for future technologies such…
Controlling electronics with light
Controlling electronics with light
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Researchers at EPFL have discovered that by shining different wavelengths of light on a material called magnetite, they can change its state, making it more or less conductive to electricity…
Manipulating light with remarkable precision and minimal loss
Manipulating light with remarkable precision and minimal loss
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A team of researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi’s Photonics Research Lab (PRL) have developed a novel, two-dimensional (2D) material capable of manipulating light with exceptional precision and minimal loss unable…
Bridging light and electrons
Bridging light and electrons
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Researchers at EPFL and Max Planck have merged nonlinear optics with electron microscopy, unlocking new capabilities in material studies and the control of electron beams When light goes through a…
Researchers combined two nanosized structures, the light came across!
Researchers combined two nanosized structures, the light came across!
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In a study reported in ACS Photonics, researchers combined two nanosized structures—one made of diamond and one of lithium niobate—onto a single chip // Phys.org report Quantum information scientists are…
A color-based sensor to emulate skin’s sensitivity
A color-based sensor to emulate skin’s sensitivity
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In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, EPFL researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple mechanical and temperature stimuli Robotics researchers…
Future computer might have a “Higher-dimensional” photonic chip
Future computer might have a “Higher-dimensional” photonic chip
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Researchers report on their development of integrated photonic-electronic hardware capable of processing three-dimensional (3D) data, substantially boosting data processing parallelism for AI tasks Conventional computer chip processing efficiency doubles…
Scientists Invent Smallest Known Way To Guide Light
Scientists Invent Smallest Known Way To Guide Light
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Scientists at the University of Chicago found a glass crystal just a few atoms thick can trap and carry light—and could be used for applications Channeling light from one location…
Devices that Bridge the Gap between Matter and Light
Devices that Bridge the Gap between Matter and Light
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A perovskite-based device that combines aspects of electronics and photonics may open doors to new kinds of computer chips or quantum qubits New findings from a team of researchers at…


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