Communications News
October 9, 2025
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Oct. 8, 2025 — Researchers have found a way to extract almost every photon from diamond color centers, a key obstacle in quantum technology. Using hybrid nanoantennas, they precisely guided light from nanodiamonds into a single direction, achieving 80% efficiency ...
Sep. 26, 2025 — Penn engineers have taken quantum networking from the lab to Verizon’s live fiber network, using a silicon “Q-chip” that speaks the same Internet Protocol as the modern web. The system pairs classical and quantum signals like a train engine ...
Sep. 22, 2025 — Meditation apps are revolutionizing mental health, providing easy access to mindfulness practices and new opportunities for scientific research. With the help of wearables and AI, these tools can now deliver personalized training tailored to ...
Sep. 21, 2025 — Researchers at UNSW have found a way to make atomic nuclei communicate through electrons, allowing them to achieve entanglement at scales used in today’s computer chips. This breakthrough brings scalable, silicon-based quantum computing much ...
Sep. 18, 2025 — Scientists at Michigan State University have discovered how to use ultrafast lasers to wiggle atoms in exotic materials, temporarily altering their electronic behavior. By combining cutting-edge microscopes with quantum simulations, they created a ...
Aug. 29, 2025 — Quantum scientists in Innsbruck have taken a major leap toward building the internet of the future. Using a string of calcium ions and finely tuned lasers, they created quantum nodes capable of generating streams of entangled photons with 92% ...
Aug. 24, 2025 — Researchers discovered that bees use flight movements to sharpen brain signals, enabling them to recognize patterns with remarkable accuracy. A digital model of their brain shows that this movement-based perception could revolutionize AI and ...
Aug. 23, 2025 — By using quantum dots and smart encryption protocols, researchers overcame a 40-year barrier in quantum communication, showing that secure networks don’t need perfect hardware to outperform today’s best ...
Aug. 22, 2025 — Astronomers using AI have captured a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event: a massive star’s violent death triggered by its black hole companion. The explosion, known as SN 2023zkd, not only produced a brilliant supernova but also shocked scientists by ...
Aug. 14, 2025 — Cornell engineers have built the first fully integrated “microwave brain” — a silicon microchip that can process ultrafast data and wireless signals at the same time, while using less than 200 milliwatts of power. Instead of digital steps, it ...
Aug. 13, 2025 — Scientists have designed swarms of microscopic robots that communicate and coordinate using sound waves, much like bees or birds. These self-organizing micromachines can adapt to their surroundings, reform if damaged, and potentially undertake ...
July 8, 2025 — Neural networks first treat sentences like puzzles solved by word order, but once they read enough, a tipping point sends them diving into word meaning instead—an abrupt “phase transition” reminiscent of water flashing into steam. By revealing ...
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July 25, 2025 — Researchers at Harvard have created a groundbreaking metasurface that can replace bulky and complex optical components used in quantum computing with a single, ultra-thin, nanostructured layer. This ...
July 25, 2025 — AI-generated videos are becoming dangerously convincing and UC Riverside researchers have teamed up with Google to fight back. Their new system, ...
June 23, 2025 — Scientists at the University of Amsterdam discovered that our brains automatically understand how we can move through different environments—whether it's swimming in a lake or walking a ...
June 23, 2025 — Scientists at NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder have created CURBy, a cutting-edge quantum randomness beacon that draws on the intrinsic unpredictability of quantum entanglement to produce ...
June 20, 2025 — Scientists at UBC have devised a chip-based device that acts as a "universal translator" for quantum computers, converting delicate microwave signals to optical ones and back with minimal loss and ...
June 20, 2025 — MIT scientists have built a tiny, ultra-efficient 5G receiver that can thrive in noisy wireless environments ideal for smartwatches, wearables, and ...
June 12, 2025 — A team of Danish and German scientists has launched a major project to create new technology that could form the foundation of the future quantum internet. They re using a rare element called erbium ...
June 2, 2025 — Despite advances in machine vision, processing visual data requires substantial computing resources and energy, limiting deployment in edge devices. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a ...
May 30, 2025 — A review of experimental research reveals how VR is best used and why it's struggled to become a megahit with ...
May 27, 2025 — Miniature organs on a chip could allow us to do scientific studies with great precision, without having to resort to animal testing. The main problem, however, is that artificial tissue needs blood ...
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May 22, 2025 — Scientists found that neural networks cannot yet forecast 'gray swan' weather events, which might not appear in existing training data but could still happen -- like 200-year floods or ...
May 22, 2025 — Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision ...
May 21, 2025 — MIT and WHOI scientists have unveiled SeaSplat, a system that makes underwater scenes look as if the ocean had been drained away. The tool cancels out water’s distortions and builds true-color 3D ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers have unveiled a breakthrough in solid-state cooling technology, doubling the efficiency of today's commercial systems. Driven by the Lab's patented nano-engineered thin-film ...
May 19, 2025 — Humans no longer have exclusive control over training social robots to interact effectively, thanks to a new study. The study introduces a new simulation method that lets researchers test their ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have developed a novel framework named WildFusion that fuses vision, vibration and touch to enable robots to 'sense' and navigate complex outdoor environments much like humans ...
May 19, 2025 — We need to learn our letters before we can learn to read and our numbers before we can learn how to add and subtract. The same principles are true with AI, a team of scientists has shown through ...
May 15, 2025 — New research shows that cyberbullying should be classified as an adverse childhood experience due to its strong link to trauma. Even subtle forms -- like exclusion from group chats -- can trigger ...
May 14, 2025 — Traditional methods of assessing damage after a disaster can take weeks or even months, delaying emergency response, insurance claims and long-term rebuilding efforts. New research might change that. ...
May 14, 2025 — MIT researchers discovered that vision-language models often fail to understand negation, ignoring words like “not” or “without.” This flaw can flip diagnoses or decisions, with models ...
May 14, 2025 — Listen to the first notes of an old, beloved song. Can you name that tune? If you can, congratulations -- it's a triumph of your associative memory, in which one piece of information (the first ...
May 14, 2025 — A new study outlines how artificial intelligence-powered handwriting analysis may serve as an early detection tool for dyslexia and dysgraphia among young ...
May 13, 2025 — As kids spend more time on screens, a new national survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of The Kids Mental Health Foundation, founded by Nationwide Children's Hospital, identifies parents' ...
May 8, 2025 — Engineers developed a ping-pong-playing robot that quickly estimates the speed and trajectory of an incoming ball and precisely hits it to a desired location on the ...
May 8, 2025 — Researchers have developed a more efficient chip as an antidote to the vast amounts of electricity consumed by large-language-model artificial intelligence applications like Gemini and ...
May 8, 2025 — A research team has discovered a surprising phenomenon that could revolutionize how we think about signal amplification. Just two tiny vibrating units can, when connected with a delay, amplify their ...
May 8, 2025 — Researchers have developed a technique that makes high-dimensional quantum information encoded in light more practical and reliable. The advancement could pave the way for more secure data ...
May 7, 2025 — Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies. Making sense of this ...
May 7, 2025 — An artificial intelligence (AI) model improved outcomes in hospitalized patients by quadrupling the rate of detection and treatment of delirium. The model identifies patients at high risk for ...
May 6, 2025 — Researchers recently connected their campuses with an experimental quantum communications network using two optical ...
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- AI Is Good at Weather Forecasting. Can It Predict Freak Weather Events?
- Infrared Contact Lenses Allow People to See in the Dark, Even With Their Eyes Closed
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- MIT Scientists Develop Tool That Makes Underwater Scenes Crystal Clear
- Nano-Engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Robots Learning Without Us? New Study Cuts Humans from Early Testing
- Empowering Robots With Human-Like Perception to Navigate Unwieldy Terrain
- Researchers Take AI to 'kindergarten' In Order to Learn More Complex Tasks
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Tech Meets Tornado Recovery
- Study Shows Vision-Language Models Can't Handle Queries With Negation Words
- Energy and Memory: A New Neural Network Paradigm
- The Key to Spotting Dyslexia Early Could Be AI-Powered Handwriting Analysis
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Ping Pong Bot Returns Shots With High-Speed Precision
- New Chip Uses AI to Shrink Large Language Models' Energy Footprint by 50%
- Tiny Vibrations Have a Massive Impact: Transmitting Clear Signals Over Long Distances Using Nonlinear Math
- 'Universe's Awkward Handshake' -- Simplifying Information Processing Using Photons a Quantum Breakthrough
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Piecing Together the Brain Puzzle
- AI Model Improves Delirium Prediction, Leading to Better Health Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Monday, May 5, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Using Principles of Swarm Intelligence, Study Compared Platforms That Allow Brainstorming Among Large Groups
- Making AI Models More Trustworthy for High-Stakes Settings
- Artificial Sense of Touch, Improved
- Researchers Develop a Novel Vote-Based Model for More Accurate Hand-Held Object Pose Estimation
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Engineers Develop Wearable Heart Attack Detection Tech
- Artificial Intelligence Tools Make Education Materials More Patient Friendly
- A Virtual Reality Game Integrating Smell to Fight Cognitive Decline
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Nanophotonic Platform Boosts Efficiency of Nonlinear-Optical Quantum Teleportation
- Quantum Sensors Tested for Next-Generation Particle Physics Experiments
- Awkward. Humans Are Still Better Than AI at Reading the Room
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- 'Periodic Table of Machine Learning' Could Fuel AI Discovery
- New Electronic 'skin' Could Enable Lightweight Night-Vision Glasses
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Brain-Inspired AI Breakthrough: Making Computers See More Like Humans
- AI Tool Grounded in Evidence-Based Medicine Outperformed Other AI Tools -- And Most Doctors On USMLE Exams
Monday, April 21, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Emotions and Levels of Threat Affect Communities' Resilience During Extreme Events
- Photonic Computing Needs More Nonlinearity: Acoustics Can Help
- How the Brain Controls Movement Under Uncertainty
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- AI Models of the Brain Could Serve as 'digital Twins' In Research
- 3D Streaming Gets Leaner by Seeing Only What Matters
- Engineers Bring Sign Language to 'life' Using AI to Translate in Real-Time
- Amplifier With Tenfold Bandwidth Opens Up for Super Lasers
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Researchers Demonstrate the UK's First Long-Distance Ultra-Secure Communication Over a Quantum Network
- Chatbot Opens Computational Chemistry to Nonexperts
- Is AI in Medicine Playing Fair?
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
- My Robot Therapist: The Ethics of AI Mental Health Chatbots for Kids
- Chance Discovery Improves Stability of Bioelectronic Material Used in Medical Implants, Computing and Biosensors
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Researchers Find a Way to Shield Quantum Information from 'noise'
- A Lighter, Smarter Magnetoreceptive Electronic Skin
- Beyond Ambiguous Reflections: Bridging Optical 3D Metrology and Computer Vision
- First Therapy Chatbot Trial Shows AI Can Provide 'gold-Standard' Care
- Revolutionary Brain-Computer Interface Decoding System
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Repetitive Behaviors and Special Interests Are More Indicative of an Autism Diagnosis Than a Lack of Social Skills
- Artificial Intelligence Uses Less Energy by Mimicking the Human Brain
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- New AI Tool Generates High-Quality Images Faster Than State-of-the-Art Approaches
- Novel Memristors to Overcome AI's 'catastrophic Forgetting'
- Engineer Develops New Security Protocol to Protect Miniaturized Wireless Medical Implants from Cyberthreats
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Groundbreaking AI Tool Generates 3D Map of the Brain
- Machine Learning Aids in Detection of 'brain Tsunamis'
- Record-Breaking 12,900 Km Ultra-Secure Quantum Satellite Link
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- AI Food Scanner Turns Phone Photos Into Nutritional Analysis
- New AI Tool Visualizes a Cell's 'social Network' To Help Treat Cancer
- Revolutionary Blueprint to Fuse Wireless Technologies and AI
Friday, March 14, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Paralyzed Man Moves Robotic Arm With His Thoughts
- New Method Significantly Reduces AI Energy Consumption
- Smart, Energy-Efficient Robot Grippers Cut Production Costs
- Touchless Tech: Control Fabrics With a Wave of Your Finger
- Artificial Muscles for Tremor Suppression
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- New Computer Vision System Can Guide Specialty Crops Monitoring
- Study Shines Headlights on Consumer Driverless Vehicle Safety Deficiencies
- Researchers Unveil Neuromorphic Exposure Control System to Improve Machine Vision in Extreme Lighting Environments
Monday, March 3, 2025
- AI Revolutionizes Glaucoma Care: Specialist-Level Screening System
- ChatGPT on the Couch? How to Calm a Stressed-out AI
Friday, February 28, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Self-Driving Cars Learn to Share Road Knowledge Through Digital Word-of-Mouth
- Unraveling the Origin of Extremely Bright Quantum Emitters
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Material's 'incipient' Property Could Jumpstart Fast, Low-Power Electronics
- New Low-Cost Challenger to Quantum Computer: Ising Machine
- Multiplexing Entanglement in a Quantum Network
- Sacrificial Scaffolding Helps New Hydrogels Heal Quickly
- Researchers Create the World's Smallest Shooting Video Game Using Nanoscale Technology