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Optics & Photonics Nov 13, 2014

Industry partnership supports Australian production of next-generation photonics

An optical oscilloscope with 20 times the resolution of conventional electronics has been developed by the ARC Centre for ultrahigh bandwidth devices for optical systems (CUDOS) at the University of Sydney and the Australian ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Nov 11, 2014

Twisted light waves sent across Vienna

A group of researchers from Austria have sent twisted beams of light across the rooftops of Vienna.

Internet Nov 10, 2014

Is social media responsible for your safety during a disaster?

Given the popularity of Facebook and Twitter, it's not surprising so many people use social media in crises such as floods, fires and earthquakes.

Optics & Photonics Nov 7, 2014

New research lights the way to super-fast computers

New research published today in the journal Nature Communications, has demonstrated how glass can be manipulated to create a material that will allow computers to transfer information using light. This development could significantly ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Nov 2, 2014

Two photons strongly coupled by glass fiber

Usually, light waves do not interact with each other. Coupling of photons with other photons is only possible with the help of special materials and very intense light. Scientists in Vienna have now created the strongest ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 27, 2014

Subwavelength optical fibers to diffuse light

Researchers at the Femto-ST Institute, working in collaboration with colleagues from the Charles Fabry Laboratory (CNRS/Institut d'Optique Graduate School), have just discovered a new type of light diffusion in tiny optical ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 27, 2014

255 Terabits/s: Researchers demonstrate record data transmission over new type of fiber

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands and the University of Central Florida (CREOL), report in the journal Nature Photonics the successful transmission of a record high 255 Terabits/s ...

Telecom Oct 20, 2014

Outside the cities and towns, rural Britain's internet is firmly stuck in the 20th century

The quality of rural internet access in the UK, or lack of it, has long been a bone of contention. The government says "fast, reliable broadband" is essential, but the disparity between urban and rural areas is large and ...

Environment Oct 14, 2014

Protecting biodiversity could be key to keeping forests standing in the long term

When it comes to conserving tropical forests and the carbon stored within them in order to prevent climate change, the role of forest animals may be too important to ignore.

Polymers Oct 9, 2014

Researchers discover that hairpins can make a polymer spaghetti fluid

Researchers from FOM Institute AMOLF and the German Forschungzentrum Jülich have discovered why polymers in a solution become fluid if the solution is stirred. They discovered that the polymer structure changes from an entanglement ...

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