Modern communications technology increasingly relies on light to transmit data over fiber optics. And the high data rates that fuel the internet are achieved…
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Way to a new quantum devices
An exotic physical phenomenon known as a Kohn anomaly has been found for the first time in an unexpected type of material by researchers…
Wavy surfaces with nanometre precision
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method for the production of wavy surfaces with nanometre precision. In the future this method could be…
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 discovered could open up possibilities in…
Teaching imaging techniques with Raspberry Pi
For the first class she would teach as a member of the Caltech faculty, Katie Bouman wanted to help her students unleash the power…
Combined storage and process data
Computers normally store and process data in separate modules. But now researchers at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute have developed a method…
The way to more energy efficient microprocessors
Carbon nanotube transistors are a step closer to commercial reality, now that MIT researchers have demonstrated that the devices can be made swiftly in…
Startup that develops electric-powered flying taxi
Its product is designed to impact the future of mobility: Lilium, a start-up founded at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), is developing an…
What give electronic fibers embedded into textiles
EPFL researchers have developed electronic fibers that, when embedded in textiles, can collect a wealth of information about our bodies by measuring subtle and…
The first elegant and simple quantum language
Several technical advances have been achieved recently in the pursuit of powerful quantum computers. Now, Computer scientists from ETH Zurich have made an important…