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SpaceX gets FCC license for 1 million satellite-broadband user terminals

“SpaceX now licensed to deploy 1 million of what Musk calls “UFOs on a stick.” SpaceX has received government approval to deploy up to 1 million user terminals in the United States for its Starlink satellite-broadband constellation. SpaceX asked the …

Tiny double accelerator recycles energy

“A team of DESY scientists has built a miniature double particle accelerator that can recycle some of the laser energy fed into the system to boost the energy of the accelerated electrons a second time. The device uses narrowband terahertz …

Towards an unhackable quantum internet

“A quantum internet could be used to send un-hackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and enable cloud-based quantum computing. For more than twenty years, dreams of creating such a quantum network have remained out of reach in large part …

Two-dimensional metals open pathways to new science

“An atomically thin materials platform developed by Penn State researchers in conjunction with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Oak Ridge National Lab will open a wide range of new applications in biomolecular sensing, quantum phenomena, catalysis and nonlinear optics. “We …

Ultrathin graphene film offers new concept for solar energy

“Researchers at Swinburne, the University of Sydney and Australian National University have collaborated to develop a solar absorbing, ultrathin film with unique properties that has great potential for use in solar thermal energy harvesting. The 90 nanometre material is 1000 …

UPS Flight Forward And Wingcopter To Develop Versatile New Drone Fleet

“UPS (NYSE:UPS) drone delivery subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) today said it would collaborate with German drone-maker Wingcopter to develop the next generation of package delivery drones for a variety of use cases in the United States and internationally …

Wearable biosensors may pave the way for personalized health and wellness

“Penn State engineers say computational power is key to technology for smart bandages, health tattoos and artificial organs Bulky, buzzing and beeping hospital rooms demonstrate that monitoring a patient’s health status is an invasive and uncomfortable process, at best …

Fraunhofer HHI introduces new USB LiFi modules with up to 1 Gbit/s

“The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI was the first to succeed in developing a USB-operated LiFi system with low power consumption, thus achieving the world’s highest data rate of up to 1 Gbit/s in a mobile LiFi …

MIT Emergency Ventilator (E-Vent) Project

“We are one of several teams who recognized the challenges faced by Italian physicians, and are working to find a solution to the anticipated global lack of ventilators. In the US alone, the COVID-19 pandemic may cause ventilator shortages …

New Patented Invention Stabilizes, Rotates Satellites

“Many satellites are in space to take photos. But a vibrating satellite, like a camera in shaky hands, can’t get a sharp image. Pointing it at a precise location to take a photo or perform another task, is another …