Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2018
Imagining your own SeaChange – how media inspire our great escapes
Many Australians dream about moving to the country, escaping the city for good.
Search results for fibre communications
Optics & Photonics
Oct 18, 2018
Bursting the clouds for better communication
We live in an age of long-range information transmitted either by underground optical fibre or by radio satellites. But the throughput today is so great that radio frequency is no longer enough in itself. Research is turning ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 12, 2018
Graphene shows unique potential to exceed bandwidth demands of future telecommunications
Researchers within the Graphene Flagship project, one of the biggest research initiatives of the European Commission, showed that integrated graphene-based photonic devices offer a unique solution for the next generation ...
Materials Science
Oct 11, 2018
Mussel-inspired coatings for drug delivery
Nature is full of wonderful, time-tested solutions to different challenges. Science has turned its attention to reproducing and repurposing these phenomena to create more sustainable responses to human challenges. This relatively ...
Internet
Oct 10, 2018
Successful tests mark important milestone toward a 5G future
A future vision of high speed wireless Internet that promises to break down two major 5G challenges has taken a leap forward following milestone tests of a cutting-edge European millimeter wave wireless technology.
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2018
A warmer climate will also be a drier climate, with negative impacts on forest growth
Warmer temperatures brought on by climate change will lead to drier soils and reduce tree photosynthesis and growth in forests later this century, according to a new University of Minnesota study published in the journal ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 26, 2018
Photonic chips harness sound waves to speed up local networks
It used to be known as the information superhighway—the fibre-optic infrastructure on which our gigabytes and petabytes of data whizz around the world at (nearly) the speed of light.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 24, 2018
Smaller, faster and more efficient modulator sets to revolutionize optoelectronic industry
A research team comprising members from City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Harvard University and a renowned information technologies laboratory has successfully fabricated a tiny on-chip lithium niobate modulator, an ...
Environment
Sep 24, 2018
South African villagers tap into trend for 'superfood' baobab
From before dawn, 54-year-old grandmother Annah Muvhali weaves between baobab trees that loom over her rural South African home, collecting fruit that enthusiasts worldwide hail as a "superfood".
Materials Science
Sep 14, 2018
Using lignin to replace fossil materials
Ball-like lignin particles developed by researchers open up completely new possibilities for the utilisation of lignin.
