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Microsatellites Transform Flood Detection With CYGNSS Innovation

The flood maps are possible thanks to one of the innovations of the CYGNSS constellation. The microwave signal the CYGNSS satellites use to detect wind speed…

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Breakthrough in Rewritable Memory by University of Alberta

Scientists at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada have created the most dense, solid-state memory in history that could soon exceed the capabilities…

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New computer system recognizes a person's personality by analyzing eye movements

“Not only do our eyes let us capture the environment, they also are the window to our soul, because they reveal who we are, how we feel and what we do,”…

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Reviving Analog: The Future of A.I. Innovation

Digital computation has rendered nearly all forms of analog computation obsolete since as far back as the 1950s. However, there is one major exception that…

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Advancing AI: Training Neural Networks on Optical Chips

Researchers have shown that it is possible to train artificial neural networks directly on an optical chip. The significant breakthrough demonstrates that an…

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Quantum Computers: Mastering Cause and Effect Reversal

Watch a movie backwards and you'll likely get confused – but a quantum computer wouldn't. That's the conclusion of researcher Mile Gu at the Centre for Quantum…

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Buried Internet Infrastructure Faces Risks From Rising Sea Levels

The study, presented here today (July 16, 2018) at a meeting of internet network researchers, portrays critical communications infrastructure that could be…

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Electronic stickers to streamline large-scale 'internet of things'

As society moves toward connecting all objects to the internet – even furniture and office supplies – the technology that enables these objects to communicate…

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Microscopic Trampoline Boosts Quantum Computer Networks

Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of CU Boulder and NIST, have developed a device that uses a small plate to absorb microwave energy and bounce it into…

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Single-Atom Data Storage: A Leap in Innovation

One of these are single-atom magnets: storage devices consisting of individual atoms stuck (“adsorbed”) on a surface, each atom able to store a single bit of…

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New Machine Learning Method Enhances Robot Safety Extrapolation

Understanding how a robot will react under different conditions is essential to guaranteeing its safe operation. But how do you know what will break a robot…

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5G-CHARISMA Project Completes New Access Network Architecture

The aim of the project was to develop a hierarchical and para-virtualized 5G access network architecture, which allows the shortest connection between end…

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Biosensor Chip Detects SNPs Wirelessly with Enhanced Sensitivity

The advance, published July 9 in Advanced Materials, could lead to cheaper, faster and portable biosensors for early detection of genetic markers for diseases…

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Next-Gen Mobile Communication: 5G Research Project Concludes

The EU-funded research project 5G-XHaul, coordinated by IHP – Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics, concluded at the end of June 2018 with the…

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Automated Software for Fast Identification of Dendritic Spines

Is it possible for microscopes to learn a bit about the brain? Even be taught by neuroscientists to reliably recognize parts of brain cells… all on their…

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Ultra-Low-Noise Amplifiers Enable 4,000 km Fiber-Optic Link

Video streaming, cloud storage and other online services have created an insatiable demand for higher transmission capacity. To meet this demand, new…

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