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Lasers enable internet backbone via satellite

“Optical data communications lasers can transmit several tens of terabits per second, despite a huge amount of disruptive air turbulence. ETH Zurich scientists and their European partners demonstrated this capacity with lasers between the mountain peak, Jungfraujoch, and the city …

Micron UFS 4.0 Mobile Storage Built on 232-Layer 3D NAND Delivers Industry’s Fastest Performance for Smartphones

“Best-in-class mobile flash solution optimized for AI and 5G data-intensive flagship smartphones BOISE, Idaho, June 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) announced today that it is now delivering qualification samples of its Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 4 …

Nanomaterials: 3D Printing of Glass without Sintering

“A new process developed at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) enables printing of nanometer-scale quartz glass structures directly onto semiconductor chips. A hybrid organic-inorganic polymer resin is used as feedstock material for 3D printing of silicon dioxide. Since the …

Navigating underground with cosmic-ray muons

“Superfast, subatomic-sized particles called muons have been used to wirelessly navigate underground in a reportedly world first. By using muon-detecting ground stations synchronized with an underground muon-detecting receiver, researchers at the University of Tokyo were able to calculate the receiver …

New Device Opens Door to Storing Quantum Information as Sound Waves

“Quantum computing, just like traditional computing, needs a way to store the information it uses and processes. On the computer you’re using right now, information, whether it be photos of your dog, a reminder about a friend’s birthday …

New electro-thermal rocket to boost satellite positioning and servicing in space

“Thanks to £250,000 of government funding announced today, a new type of electric space propulsion system will be developed by the University of Surrey in partnership with the University of Leicester. The new thruster would be used to service …

New Era of Exoplanet Discovery Begins with Images of ‘Jupiter’s Younger Sibling’

“Astrometry uses the shift in a star’s position on the sky relative to other stars to infer the existence of orbiting planets. A team led by astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin has captured images of the …

New technique in error-prone quantum computing makes classical computers sweat

“Despite steady improvements in quantum computers, they’re still noisy and error prone, which leads to questionable or wrong answers. Scientists predict that they won’t truly outcompete today’s “classical” supercomputers for at least five or 10 years, until …

Nexperia broadens package options for its NextPower 80/100 V MOSFET portfolio

“High-efficiency switching with reduced spiking now in LFPAK56 and LFPAK88 Nexperia, the essential semiconductor expert, today announced a broadening of package options for its NextPower 80/100 V MOSFETs portfolio, previously only available in LFPAK56E, to now also include LFPAK56 …

Open-source software to speed up quantum research

“Quantum technology is expected to fundamentally change many key areas of society. Researchers are convinced that there are many more useful quantum properties and applications to explore than those we know today. A team of researchers at Chalmers University of …