Understanding the oceans, which cover two thirds of the Earth's surface and contain information about climate, the history of our planet and yet-to-be-explored…
Weather satellites have traditionally been large, both in the effort needed to build them and in actual size. They can take several years to build and can be…
A team of researchers led by Dartmouth College may have finally solved the problem of how to inexpensively improve wireless signal strength for indoor spaces…
An international team of researchers has developed a new light-based manipulation method that could one day be used to mass produce electronic components for…
A future quantum computer, using “quantum bits” or qubits, might be able to solve problems which are not tractable for classical computers. Scientists are…
Terahertz radiation has a wide range of uses and can occur in everything from radio astronomy to medicine. The term refers to the electromagnetic waves whose…
Everyone knows this problem: a friend sends a low-resolution image of last weekend´s hike to your smartphone, but when you save the picture of the beautiful…
Multisensor arrays for determining gas mixture composition are currently being developed. These are monitoring systems incorporating multiple sensors that…
No matter whether payment of the public passenger transport ticket is made via a smartphone app or whether a prepaid card is used for the public swimming pool…
Laser terahertz emission microscopy (LTEM) is a burgeoning means of characterizing the performance of solar cells, integrated circuits and other systems and…
Origami paper folding techniques in recent years have been at center of research efforts focused on finding practical engineering applications for the ancient…
A research collaboration between Osaka University and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology for the first time used scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)…
5G refers to the newest, fifth generation of mobile communication technologies, international standards of which are yet under development and scheduled for…
Columbia Engineering researchers, led by Harish Krishnaswamy, associate professor of electrical engineering, in collaboration with Professor Andrea Alu's group…
The microcomputer processors found inside every computer, mobile phone and microwave comprise mind-bogglingly complex networks of millions or billions of…
From quantum cryptography to the quantum internet – fundamental research into the world of the quantum promises several new tech opportunities in the future….