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Browse a wide range of solutions for challenges facing design engineers working with communication platforms that include applications in laser, acoustics, optical, tactile, and wireless communications. Find the latest technical briefs, articles, white papers, and webinars.

Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Lightweight, Self-Deployable Helical Antenna
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
New Wireless System for Greater 5G Access
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Making Satellite, Ground Communication More Effective
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Moussa N’Gom has devised a method to make communications between satellites and the ground more effective — regardless of the weather.
Quiz: RF & Microwave Electronics
The use of satellites for wireless and mobile communication applications has become a widespread practice across multiple industries. How much do you know about satellite communications? Test yourself with this quiz.
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Special Reports: Aerospace
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Rugged Computing & Electronics - June 2023

From the battlefield to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. Keep pace with the latest developments in this compendium of recent...

On-Demand Webinars: Communications
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For the first time ever, leaders in the space communication and navigation community come together to discuss the technology required to build and navigate a...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

Two NASA CubeSats designed to study tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons, are in orbit after a successful launch.

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Articles: Imaging
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a drone that can find and rapidly locate damaged utility poles.
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Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
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RF & Microwave Electronics - May 2023

From the battlespace to outer space, RF electronics are at the heart of new advances in a variety of fields. Read about the latest innovations in this compendium of articles from the editors of Aerospace...

INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

A self-navigating, cargo-carrying sailboat designed by a team of Rice University engineering students could be a sustaining link for Marines hunkered down on shore during war. The...

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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Optics & Photonics Innovations - April 2023

Demand for satellite communications bandwidth is quickly outstripping supply. The solution: optical, laser-based technologies. Read all about it – and other major photonics advances – in this...

Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
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Power Electronics - April 2023

This compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology looks at the latest advances in power electronics and energy storage for applications ranging from...

Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Optical Signals can be retrieved from inherent background noise using Talbot effect to amplify them.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
3D nanometer-scale metamaterial structures hold promise for advanced optical isolators.
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Briefs: Design
Scientists have developed a novel concept for a lunar navigation system based on the reverse-ephemeris technique.
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INSIDER: Communications

NASA will launch Israel’s first space telescope mission, the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT). ULTRASAT, an ultraviolet observatory with a large field...

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Quiz: Internet of Things
Do you know some of the performance updates that have been added to Wi-Fi 6 since its introduction? Find out with this quiz.
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INSIDER: Communications

Researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering have developed a thin film device, fabricated by spray coating, that can block electromagnetic radiation with the...

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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

Researchers at Arizona State University and Northrop Grumman are working on a new project to create power transistors from diamond. The results could yield efficiencies that significantly shrink the size of electrical...

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INSIDER: Energy

On January 3rd, the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) launched into orbit a prototype, dubbed the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), which will test several key...

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Quiz: Communications
The chances are very high that you're familiar with GPS. However, do you know how it came to be? Its trials and tribulations? Take this quiz to find out.
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Blog: Materials
The epsilon iron oxide nanoparticles could be continuously produced through a micrometer-sized powder manufacturing process.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Innovators from the NASA Glenn Research Center developed a software-based automated RFI mitigation system to increase communication reliability.
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Briefs: Connectivity
This device could pave the way to higher-bandwidth wireless communications.
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Briefs: Information Technology
Digital data is subjected to errors when stored or transmitted due to the effects of noise on the medium or communication channel.
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Briefs: Communications
Researchers have developed a technique that will allow for faster communication systems and better energy-saving electronics.
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Briefs: Design
Statistical Audibility Prediction Algorithm
Predicting the extent that one sound is heard over another is difficult, yet could help engineers to better design for sound management.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University believe they have developed the first AI pilot that enables autonomous aircraft to navigate a crowded airspace.
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

A group of scientists in Nagoya University, Japan, have developed a possible solution to one of the biggest problems of the Internet of Energy, energy efficiency. They did so by...

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White Papers: Electronics & Computers
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Network Digital Twins Add Necessary Fidelity to Constructive Simulations

Successful constructive simulations used for wargaming in an era of strategic fluidity and rapid change depend on high-fidelity models to correctly predict scenario...

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