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Social Sciences Apr 26, 2024

Study finds affordability, not infrastructure, is major barrier to high-speed internet connectivity

With a federal subsidy that has provided less expensive or free broadband internet to more than 23 million American households due to run out of money by the end of May, a new University of Massachusetts Amherst study reveals ...

Quantum Physics Apr 16, 2024

Crucial connection for 'quantum internet' made for the first time

Researchers have produced, stored, and retrieved quantum information for the first time, a critical step in quantum networking.

Optics & Photonics Apr 15, 2024

Internet can achieve quantum speed with light saved as sound

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen's Niels Bohr Institute have developed a new way to create quantum memory: A small drum can store data sent with light in its sonic vibrations, and then forward the data with new ...

Plants & Animals Apr 3, 2024

S Korean fans bid farewell to internet-famous panda Fu Bao

Thousands of well-wishers gathered Wednesday to bid farewell to the first giant panda born in South Korea, Fu Bao, who left for China in a high-tech non-vibrating vehicle typically used for transporting semi-conductors.

Political science Mar 20, 2024

Terrorist content lurks all over the internet—regulating only six major platforms won't be nearly enough

Australia's eSafety commissioner has sent legal notices to Google, Meta, Telegram, WhatsApp, Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) asking them to show what they're doing to protect Australians from online extremism. The six companies ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 7, 2024

Research team takes a fundamental step toward a functioning quantum internet

Research with quantum computing and quantum networks is taking place around the world in the hopes of developing a quantum internet in the future. A quantum internet would be a network of quantum computers, sensors, and communication ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 1, 2024

Device could jumpstart work toward quantum internet

In research that could jumpstart work toward the quantum internet, researchers at MIT and the University of Cambridge have built and tested an exquisitely small device that could allow the quick, efficient flow of quantum ...

Social Sciences Nov 30, 2023

Internet is fueling new wave of misogyny, says linguistics expert

Society has gone backwards in its treatment of women with the internet fueling new forms of misogyny, according to the author of a new book.

Condensed Matter Aug 22, 2023

Advances in quantum emitters mark progress toward a quantum internet

The prospect of a quantum internet, connecting quantum computers and capable of highly secure data transmission, is enticing, but making it poses a formidable challenge. Transporting quantum information requires working with ...

Social Sciences Jul 31, 2023

Study reveals how you behave on the internet is influenced by your income level

Researchers Vahid Ghafouri and Guillermo Suárez de Tangil from IMDEA Networks Institute have collaborated on a research led by Waleed Iqbal, Gareth Tyson, and Ignacio Castro from Queen Mary University of London that analyzes ...

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