Hardware
The new Galileo satellite model from Thales Alenia Space underwent mechanical and signal performance testing this summer at ESA's ESTEC Test Center. Structural models resisted launch-like noise and vibrations while an electrical ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Telecom
Superfast, subatomic-sized particles called muons have been used to wirelessly navigate underground for the first time. By using muon-detecting ground stations synchronized with an underground muon-detecting receiver, researchers ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Telecom
Researchers of Delft University of Technology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and VSL have developed an alternative positioning system that is more robust and accurate than GPS, especially in urban settings. The working prototype ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Business
Atom Computing, a California-based startup that builds quantum computers, opened its largest research and development facility in Boulder on Wednesday.
Sep 30, 2022
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Telecom
Many scientific experiments require highly precise time measurements with the help of a clearly defined frequency. Now, a new approach allows the direct comparison of frequency measurements in the lab with the atomic clock ...
Jul 29, 2021
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Engineering
Scientists have invented a new clock that keeps time more precisely than any that have come before.
Dec 1, 2018
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Hardware
MIT researchers have developed the first molecular clock on a chip, which uses the constant, measurable rotation of molecules—when exposed to a certain frequency of electromagnetic radiation—to keep time. The chip could ...
Jul 16, 2018
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