A further benefit is that the channels can be multiplexed, allowing many quantum processors to access the system at the same ...

You are watching a long-standing assumption in physics and engineering quietly fall apart. Researchers at Northwestern ...

Scientists have turned a long-standing sci‑fi idea into working hardware, using pure light to move data wirelessly through ...

A new generation of specialty optical fibers has been developed by physicists to cope with the challenges of data transfer expected to arise in the future age of quantum computing. A new generation of ...

Quantum teleportation has finally stepped out of pristine laboratory loops and into the messy reality of live internet cables ...

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A team of Chinese scientists has reportedly developed a new fibre-optic gyroscope that is stable across a wide range of temperatures. The development could prove crucial for military, deep-sea, or ...

Natural compound eyes (NCEs) were first investigated by Robert Hooke in 1664 after he observed orderly arranged pearls in the cornea of a grey drone fly. These NCEs then inspired the development of ...

Why not take the same strands of light that already power the world’s fiber-optic cables and let them travel freely through ...

Modern-day communications rely on both fibre-optic cables and wireless radiofrequency (RF) microwave communications. Reaching higher data transmission capabilities is going to require technologies ...