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German Research Foundation Backs Quantum Physics Project at Jacobs University

The aim of this project is the systematic investigation of the thermodynamic and dynamic properties of disordered systems with local quantum degrees of…

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New Foldable Drone Aids Rescue Missions in Tight Spaces

Inspecting a damaged building after an earthquake or during a fire is exactly the kind of job that human rescuers would like drones to do for them. A flying…

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NIST's antenna evaluation method could help boost 5G network capacity and cut costs

The new NIST method could boost 5G wireless network capacity and reduce costs.

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ETRI Achieves Daylight Quantum Key Distribution Breakthrough

The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has reported a successful free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) in daylight with the…

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Three Components on One Chip: A Leap in Quantum Computing

Quantum computers one day should be able to solve certain computing problems much faster than a classical computer. One of the most promising approaches is…

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New Quantum Materials Set to Advance Computing Beyond Semiconductors

Researchers from Intel Corp. and the University of California, Berkeley, are looking beyond current transistor technology and preparing the way for a new type…

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Innovative Tablet Computers for the Visually Impaired

The engineer Prof. Dr. Bastian E. Rapp of the Department of Microsystems Engineering at the University of Freiburg receives a European Research Council…

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A new way to see stress — using supercomputers

It's easy to take a lot for granted. Scientists do this when they study stress, the force per unit area on an object. Scientists handle stress mathematically…

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Millimeter Waves: Innovating the Last Mile Internet Connection

“When we look at how natural tessellation occurs in nature, the individual cells grow simultaneously, and each individual cell does not necessarily know who…

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Millimeter Waves: Innovating the Last Mile Internet Solution

The “last mile” from a central fibre optic cable to the internet socket at home, however, is the most difficult and expensive. Some alternatives, for instance…

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CiViQ Integrates Quantum Tech Into Telecommunications

In over 200 years, the world has experienced four major industrial revolutions. While the first implemented steam power for mechanized production, the second…

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Earthquake Researchers Shine as Supercomputing Prize Finalists

A team of researchers from the Earthquake Research Institute, Department of Civil Engineering and Information Technology Center at the University of Tokyo, and…

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Consumer Food Safety: New RFID Detection System Unveiled

MIT Media Lab researchers have developed a wireless system that leverages the cheap RFID tags already on hundreds of billions of products to sense potential…

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EU Partners Test Space Robotics in Morocco’s Sahara Desert

The objective of the Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) on Space Robotics Technologies is to advance European research and development in the field of space…

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New Breakthrough in Data Storage: Powerful Electromagnetic Pulses

A team of scientists has created the world's most powerful electromagnetic pulses in the terahertz range to control in fine detail how a data-storage material…

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TU Darmstadt Launches Long-Term Secure Health Data Storage

The introduction of an electronic patient record system has been discussed in Germany and internationally for quite some time. However, development is often…

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