New building blocks of cell communication: How an invisible 'cap' could control electrical synapses

When two cells "talk" to each other, they often do so through tiny channels called electrical synapses. Unlike chemical ...
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Data rates could exponentially increase with laser communication

High speed communications are the backbone of most modern economies. The faster data can be sent to the right place ...
Devdiscourse

Dr. Kenichi Iga's Revolutionary Laser Innovation Honored with Honda Prize

Dr. Kenichi Iga received the Honda Prize for his pioneering work on the Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL). The ceremony highlighted the laser's critical role in modern technology, ...
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NATO Builds Laser Base in Greenland to Protect Data From Russia and China

NATO and allied partners have announced plans to build a sophisticated new laser-based communications ground station in the ...

New NATO Allies’ Arctic Laser Base Will Counter Russia and China

A new laser base in Greenland will download data from satellites, as NATO seeks to protect communications from Russia and ...

Ultrafast UV-C laser pulses generated and detected using 2D materials

Scientists have developed a new platform for the generation and detection of ultrashort UV-C laser pulses on femtosecond ...
SpaceNews

Lithuanian space company Astrolight launches Greenland optical ground station project

WARSAW, Poland — The European Space Agency and Lithuanian space startup Astrolight are building the first optical ground station (OGS) in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland as a way to bolster ground ...
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Successful ground-to-satellite laser communications applying next-generation error correction codes, mitigating atmospheric turbulence

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki Ph.D.) and the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech, President: OBATA Makoto), collaborated with ...
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Ground-to-satellite laser communications applies next-generation error correction codes

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech), collaborating with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have ...
SEAPOWER

NATO’s Biggest Naval Exercise Proves Undetectable Ship-to-Ship Laser Communication

At NATO’s largest unmanned maritime exercise, Astrolight’s POLARIS laser communication terminal kept a jam-proof ship-to-ship link through rain and fog over horizon-limited distances, proving a secure ...
Microwaves & RF

Jamming of GPS Satellites Becomes a Growing Problem

The jamming of Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational signals and communications was once mainly a terrestrial concern, but it's increasingly affecting satellite systems. One of the nations ...