EPFL researchers have invented a way of automatically working out what data needs to be put into a complex system – such as a…
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Plasmonic chip for ultrafast data transmission
ETH researchers have built an ultrafast chip that can speed up data transmission in fibre optic networks. The chip combines several innovations at 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 can be used to design computer…
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 radio bursts emanating from an unknown…
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 of nanocrystals. In the future, this…
Mathematical basis for concerns about AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly deployed around us and may have large potential benefits. But there are growing concerns about the unethical use of…
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 that fuel the internet are achieved…
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…