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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. (April 28, 2025) A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Kuiper-1 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:01 p.m. EDT, marking the first of many full-scale launches in service of Amazon’s Project Kuiper. Photos by United Launch Alliance
Space

Amazon launches Project Kuiper’s first full-scale 27 satellites

Amit Malewar

Amazon’s first operational satellites.

5G network smart city background technology
Technology

A new, ultra-power-efficient 5G antenna

Amit Malewar

The expansion of 5G wireless networks has transformed mobile connectivity for over two billion users worldwide, offering faster upload and download speeds, reduced latency,...

couple of oranges
AI & Machine Learning

4M: a next-generation framework for training multimodal foundation

Amit Malewar

An open-source training framework to advance multimodal AI.

offline speech recognition
AI & Machine Learning

Researchers develop offline speech recognition algorithm

Jay Kakade

Speech recognition, anywhere, even in the depths of the Amazon jungle.

quantum teleportation
Quantum Technology

Quantum teleportation becomes reality: Over busy Internet cables

Amit Malewar

Advance opens door for secure quantum applications.

Satellite in space orbits Earth and shoots a laser beam
Technology

Scientists reach 424 Gbit/s data speed in space transmission

Jay Kakade

With a significant growing interest and investment from government and private agencies, space exploration appears to be an ever-widening field. However, large distances pose quite...

satellite
Technology

New technique makes low-orbit satellites high capacity

Ashwini Sakharkar

It enables these satellites’ antennas to manage signals for multiple users at once.

6g technology
Technology

New silicon chip unlocks potential of 6G communications

Ashwini Sakharkar

Proposed all-silicon polarisation multiplexer propels 6G communications forward.

Internet addiction
Social Science

The growing concern of internet addiction in adolescents

PLOS

Brain signaling related to controlling behaviors, attention, and understanding our own emotions was altered.

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AI & Machine Learning

Artificially intelligent ‘Coscientist’ automates scientific discovery

Amit Malewar

A new way of conducting research.

global business internet network connection
Technology

Modernizing the Internet’s architecture through software-defined networks

Amit Malewar

Researchers mold model for more nimble networks.

Social Science

From mild to severe: Understanding the internet addiction spectrum

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Comparing internet addiction's impact on AR Apps: Digital natives vs. older users.

Image showing glowing skyscrapers illuminate the futuristic cityscape at night
Technology

Lights could be the future of the Internet and data transmission

Amit Malewar

Fast data transmissions could be delivered in homes and offices through light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

Image showing Optical fiber cable.
Environment

Optical fiber communication cables can warn against earthquakes

Vidya Nagalwade

Optical Fibers Can Provide Early Warning for Earthquakes.

Image showing 6G
Technology

An innovative technology for 6G communication networks

Amit Malewar

A new waveguide could revolutionize THz signal transmission and processing for faster and broader communication links.

World Record: Internet speed of 319 Tb/s over 3,001 km
Technology

World Record: Internet speed of 319 Tb/s over 3,001 km

Ashwini Sakharkar

>120 nm signal bandwidth comprising 552 WDM channels and using both-doped fiber and Raman amplification.

Increased internet-access spending improves academic outcomes
Social Science

Increased internet-access spending improves academic outcomes

Pranjal Malewar

A study of 9,000 Texas public schools.

New data transfer system to transmit information 10 times faster than a USB
Technology

New data transfer system to transmit information 10 times faster than a USB

Ashwini Sakharkar

The advance could improve the energy efficiency of data centers and lighten the load for electronics-rich vehicles.

Lidia Galdino, lead researcher on the study.
Technology

Engineers achieved the record internet speed of 178 terabits per second

Amit Malewar

New internet speed record would allow downloading the entire Netflix library in less than a second.

Facebook builds a robot to install fiber-optic cable efficiently.
Robotics

Facebook builds a robot to install fiber-optic cable efficiently and cheaply

Amit Malewar

It aims to reduce the cost of deploying fiber cable to make internet service cheaper.

The company uses high-altitude balloons in the stratosphere to create an aerial wireless network.
Technology

Loon launches its first commercial balloon-based internet service in Kenya

Amit Malewar

Through Loon technology, the company hopes to provide Internet access to rural and remote areas in Kenya.

Aqua-Fi: An underwater WiFi system
Technology

Aqua-Fi: An underwater WiFi system

Amit Malewar

The Internet continues to be an information and communication tool worldwide, yet we struggle to connect to the web from underwater. Scientists are continuously putting...

World's fastest internet speed from a single optical chip
Technology

World’s fastest internet speed from a single optical chip

Amit Malewar

In a new study, scientists used a significant class of micro-comb called soliton crystals. They achieved ultra-high data transmission over 75 km of standard optical...

Scientists held individual atoms in place
Science

Scientists held individual atoms in place

Amit Malewar

For the first time in quantum physics, scientists from the University of Otago became successful in holding individual atoms in place. They also observed...

Making the internet more energy efficient
Technology

Making the Internet more energy efficient

Amit Malewar

The challenge lies in meeting that inevitable demand for capacity and performance while keeping costs at a reasonable level and minimizing the environmental impacts.

The Loon-designed communications payload on HAPSMobile’s HAWK30 UAS.
Technology

Alphabet’s Loon converts a stratospheric aircraft into an Internet drone

Ashwini Sakharkar

A technology capable of providing connectivity through an aircraft positioned in the stratosphere.

Thunder-induced seismic events, or thunderquakes, can be detected using underground fiber-optic-cable networks
Technology

Fiber optic cables hold untapped potential for monitoring severe weather

Amit Malewar

Fiber-optic cables capture thunderquake rumbles.

Technology

Free Internet access must be considered as a human right

Amit Malewar

It is hard to imagine life without the internet. It’s true and has been for some time that the Internet is connecting more people...

The Beekee Box, developed by the Training and Learning Technology Researchers (TECFA) of the UNIGE FPSE. Image: UNIGE
Technology

Beekee Box generates a wireless network without the internet or electricity

Amit Malewar

Digital tools are employed on a massive scale in education to enhance teaching methods but often require an internet connection. It is always a...

SpaceX's Starlink satellites could be a pain for astronomers
Space

SpaceX’s Starlink satellites could be a pain for astronomers

Ashwini Sakharkar

On 23rd of May, SpaceX launched the first batch of 60 satellites of its Starlink internet constellation. This large constellation of artificial satellites orbiting...

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