Telecom
Metasurfaces, artificially engineered surfaces that can manipulate electromagnetic signals in unique ways, have huge potential for several technological applications, including the implementation of sixth generation (6G) ...
Engineering
Cities can be obstacle courses for communications signals. A radio signal must travel from a cell phone to a router to a cell tower, and onward to its recipient—all while bouncing between walls, buildings and other structures. ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
AI tools based on artificial neural networks (ANNs) are being introduced in a growing number of settings, helping humans to tackle many problems faster and more efficiently. While most of these algorithms run on conventional ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
You may not have heard of piezoelectric materials, but odds are, you have benefitted from them.
May 8, 2023
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Hardware
Mass spectrometers are extremely precise chemical analyzers that have many applications, from evaluating the safety of drinking water to detecting toxins in a patient's blood. But building an inexpensive, portable mass spectrometer ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Scientists are striving to develop ever-smaller Internet of Things devices, like sensors tinier than a fingertip that could make nearly any object trackable. These diminutive sensors have miniscule batteries which are often ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Solid oxide fuel cells, or SOFC, are a type of electrochemical device that generates electricity using hydrogen as fuel, with the only 'waste' product being water. Naturally, as we strive to reduce our carbon output and mitigate ...
Mar 28, 2023
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Engineering
When you tap on your phone screen to check something on the internet, you make use of wireless communications technology. With the advent of 5G networks, this technology has made our lives easier than we could imagine. As ...
Feb 28, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network based on wireless sensor nodes that provide resources and information. For the long-lasting use of IoT devices, their batteries must be replaced, or a number of power line connections ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Security
When a team of researchers from the University of Florida unveiled new technology that allows someone to hack into a nearby touchscreen-enabled device using what they call an "invisible finger," those in the field of cybersecurity ...
Feb 9, 2023
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