2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (740+ words) Lidar systems use pulses of infrared light to measure distance and map a 3 D scene with high resolution, allowing autonomous vehicles to rapidly react to obstacles that appear in their path. But traditional lidar sensors are expensive, bulky systems with…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (620+ words) Wollongong-based online news outlet covering Australia and beyond. If you have anything newsworthy - a story, video or picture to share with us, please email us. The Sn S" memristor, fabricated via chemical vapor deposition (CVD), exhibits exceptional optoelectronic properties: a responsivity…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (733+ words) MIT researchers have developed a reconfigurable antenna that dynamically adjusts its frequency range by changing its physical shape, making it more versatile for communications and sensing than static antennas. A user can stretch, bend, or compress the antenna to make…...

9+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (525+ words) What are the limits of quantum physics? This is a question that has been researched around the world for decades. If we want to make the properties of the quantum world technically usable, we need to understand whether objects that…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago  (277+ words) Even large objects with several hundred million atoms can exhibit quantum mechanical behaviour - without cooling and at room temperature, as researchers at ETH Zurich have shown. This yields exciting potential for new technologies. The researchers were able to levitate their…...