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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) is the hottest place on Earth for the briefest of moments during an experiment. Now, it can be one of the brightest places ...

Faster, more secure connections from space could one day make broadband on planes, ships and even remote roads as easy as turning on a light. The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defense and Space, ...

Astronomers with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) have used data from the project to make the ...

Using the UltraAir terminal, co developed by Airbus and TNO, the test showcased the partners’ ability to “transmit massive amounts of data via laser technology with unprecedented speed and security”.

Astrolight, a space and defence-tech company pioneering laser communication solutions across space, ground and maritime ...

Cooling vents on data centres in Virginia. Researchers hope that storing data on glass will save energy - Copyright AFP/File ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS Cooling vents ...

Ultraviolet light has always sat at the edge of human perception, powerful yet invisible, more associated with sterilizing lamps and sunburn than with high speed data. That is starting to change as ...

Thousands of years from now, what will remain of our digital era? The ever-growing vastness of human knowledge is no longer stored in libraries, but on hard drives that struggle to last decades, let ...

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