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Unlocking Quantum Communications: Photon Entanglement Advances

The potential for photon entanglement in quantum computing and communications has been known for decades. One of the issues impeding its immediate application…

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New Heart Scan Technology Redefines Computer Security

Forget fingerprint computer identification or retinal scanning. A University at Buffalo-led team has developed a computer security system using the dimensions…

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Three-Atom Magnetic Bit: A Breakthrough in Storage Tech

A reoccurring challenge in storage technology is the continuing demand for smaller “bits”, which is the fundamental storage unit. In magnetic memories this…

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Drones Gain Night Vision Capabilities for Safer Flights

To fly safely, drones need to know their precise position and orientation in space at all times. While commercial drones solve this problem using GPS, this…

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World first: 'Storing lightning inside thunder'

World-first transfer of light to acoustic information on a chip
Acoustic buffer parks photonic information in a sound wave for later retrieval
Hybrid chips…

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Researchers develop spectroscopic 'science camera' system for smartphones

Three years ago, the National Science Foundation provided a pair of University of Illinois professors with a grant to develop technology called…

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New Software Transforms Phone Accessory into Breathing Monitor

Researchers have developed new software that makes it possible to use low-cost, thermal cameras attached to mobile phones to track how fast a person is…

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First On-Chip Nanoscale Optical Quantum Memory Unveiled

For the first time, an international team led by engineers at Caltech has developed a computer chip with nanoscale optical quantum memory.

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3-D-Printed Biomaterials: Degradable Innovation Unveiled

“It's a bit like Legos,” said Ian Wong, an assistant professor in Brown's School of Engineering and co-author of the research. “We can attach polymers together…

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Programs That Manage Their Own Resources: A New Approach

Everyone will be familiar with playing a video on their computer that keeps pausing every few seconds and just won’t buffer properly. These stops and starts…

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Reproducing Experimental Results: Overcoming Key Challenges

Reproducing experiments and results is a cornerstone of science, but researchers acknowledge that actually achieving this feat can be tricky. Specific…

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Smartwatches That Learn Your Moves: New Algorithm Unveiled

Current smartwatches can recognise a limited number of particular activities, including yoga and running, but these are programmed in advance.

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UNIDO Report: Industry 4.0’s Role in Sustainable Energy Transition

Industry 4.0 promises improved methods of production and business models through new technologies, including automation, augmented reality and the Internet of…

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Smart Computers: Advancing AI in Games and Image Recognition

Filtering information for search engines, acting as an opponent during a board game or recognizing images: Artificial intelligence has far outpaced human…

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AI implications: Engineer's model lays groundwork for machine-learning device

Elijah Thimsen, assistant professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and his collaborators have…

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Researchers 3-D print first truly microfluidic 'lab on a chipl devices

Researchers at BYU are the first to 3D-print a viable microfluidic device small enough to be effective at a scale much less than 100 micrometers. Microfluidic…

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