Silicon photonics researchers from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have demonstrated the first all-silicon optical transmitter at 100Gbps and beyond without the use of digital signal processing.
Optics & Photonics
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Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are considered the best hope for next-generation battery technology, thanks to their long-life cycle, high specific power and energy density. However, they have not met the ever-increasing ...
Materials Science
Nov 16, 2020
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As global temperature records are set one after the other, we are becoming increasingly concerned about the fate of our glaciers, these emblematic victims of climate change. We are worried by the sudden change in the colour ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2020
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In spring and summer every year, stories about "hordes of spiders" and "flesh-eating venom" fill tabloids and social media.
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2020
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Physicists from MIPT and Vladimir State University, Russia, have converted light energy into surface waves on graphene with nearly 90% efficiency. They relied on a laser-like energy conversion scheme and collective resonances. ...
Nanophysics
Nov 16, 2020
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A trio of researchers at the University of California has found that zebra finches are able to remember up to 42 bird voices based only on their vocalizations. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, K. ...
After a major corporate fraud case hits a city, financially motivated neighborhood crimes like robbery and theft increase in the area, a new study suggests.
Economics & Business
Nov 16, 2020
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A collaborative team of ecologists, led by those from Trinity, has been using recordings of animal noises to assess biodiversity in sub-tropical Japan.
Ecology
Nov 16, 2020
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Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have investigated ionized gas in the central regions of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7130. In their study, they identified a complex multi-component outflow in this galaxy. The ...
Theories on how the Milky Way formed are set to be rewritten following discoveries about the behavior of some of its oldest stars.
Astronomy
Nov 16, 2020
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