ETH researchers have built an ultrafast chip that can speed up data transmission in fibre optic networks. The…
Method for designing low-power circuits
An EPFL lab, has come up with a new type of logic diagram and related optimization methods, that…
Regular radio waves detected with unknown origin
A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast…
How current is conducted in semiconductors made of nanocrystals
Researchers at ETH have provided the first theoretical explanation for how electrical current is conducted in semiconductors made…
Mathematical basis for concerns about AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly deployed around us and may have large potential benefits. But there are growing…
Device for improved telecommunications, sensors and clocks
Modern communications technology increasingly relies on light to transmit data over fiber optics. And the high data rates…
Way to a new quantum devices
An exotic physical phenomenon known as a Kohn anomaly has been found for the first time in an…
Wavy surfaces with nanometre precision
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method for the production of wavy surfaces with nanometre precision. In…
Quantum effect observed in a large object
While conducting experiments on a layered metal, EPFL researchers witnessed something very surprising. The unexpected electron behavior they…
Teaching imaging techniques with Raspberry Pi
For the first class she would teach as a member of the Caltech faculty, Katie Bouman wanted to…