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General Physics Nov 22, 2016

Research team develops new ultrasound-powered actuator to develop micro robot

The quest to develop a wireless micro-robot for biomedical applications requires a small-scale "motor" that can be wirelessly powered through biological media. While magnetic fields can be used to power small robots wirelessly, ...

Environment Nov 4, 2016

Researchers help rural women in India improve health and slow global warming through clean cookstove use

For several months out of the year, a band of brown haze almost a mile thick blankets northern India, trapped there by the Himalayas. It produces smog dense enough to be visible indoors in Delhi and other urban centers.

Nanophysics Nov 1, 2016

Tiny graphene radios may lead to Internet of Nano-Things

For wireless communication, we're all stuck on the same traffic-clogged highway—it's a section of the electromagnetic spectrum known as radio waves.

Energy & Green Tech Oct 12, 2016

First solar-powered wireless charging station for electric bikes

On Wednesday, 12 October, Executive Board President Tim van der Hagen, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Rob Fastenau, Head of the Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy ...

Engineering Oct 11, 2016

Marconi inspires Rice design for 1-terabit wireless

Rice University wireless researchers are taking a page from radio inventor Guglielmo Marconi to create the first laser-free, wireless system capable of delivering 1 terabit of data per second.

Telecom Oct 7, 2016

Verizon cuts jobs in stores as wireless growth slows

Verizon has cut jobs in stores across the country as it deals with increasing competition in the wireless industry.

Computer Sciences Oct 5, 2016

Wireless 'data center on a chip' aims to cut energy use

A Washington State University research team has designed a tiny, wireless data center that someday could be as small as a hand-held device and dramatically reduce the energy needed to run such centers.

Optics & Photonics Oct 4, 2016

Key component for wireless communication with terahertz frequencies

An ultrahigh speed, wireless communication network using THz instead of GHz frequencies is now one step closer. Researchers at Radboud University's FELIX Laboratory have shown that it is possible to effectively transmit signal ...

Telecom Sep 20, 2016

Comcast plans to launch wireless service next year

Comcast plans to launch a cellphone service roughly in the middle of next year, although it would be limited to areas of the country where it's a cable provider.

Nanophysics Sep 20, 2016

Building a wireless micromachine

All around us, hiding just outside our range of vision, are miniscule machines. Tiny accelerometers in our cars sense a collision and tell the airbags to inflate. A Nintendo Wii controller's tiny gyroscopes translate your ...

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