Opaque materials can transmit light when excited by a high-intensity laser beam. This process, known as optical bleaching, induces a nonlinear effect that temporarily alters the properties of a material. Remarkably, when ...
Condensed Matter
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Hydroacoustic signals captured by the world's international nuclear monitoring system suggest an underwater landslide may have broken communications cables and disrupted internet traffic in west African countries for several ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2025
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Northwestern University engineers are the first to successfully demonstrate quantum teleportation over a fiberoptic cable already carrying internet traffic.
Optics & Photonics
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Optical fiber, as a physical medium for information transmission, is the "highway" of modern economic and social development. However, with the continuous emergence of high-speed and high-capacity communication scenarios ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 28, 2024
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Numerous wild conspiracies gained momentum online following significant seismic events in the past. In light of the growing dominance of social media and the spread of misinformation, a new paper reveals how bots contribute ...
Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2023
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The massive carbon footprint left behind by emails has been widely discussed by the media, but most of the time these discussions are exaggerated.
Environment
Dec 15, 2022
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Images of the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, in Iran and reports of the government's brutal crackdown have circulated widely on social media. This flow of information ...
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2022
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Space-division multiplexing (SDM) technology has a promising role in overcoming the so-called "capacity crunch" of existing single mode fiber (SMF). Now, researchers in China experimentally demonstrated an orbital-angular-momentum ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 26, 2022
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Movie nights once required driving to the local video store to rent, rewind and return the latest blockbuster. Now on-demand video content providers offer countless binge-worthy options at the touch of a finger.
Environment
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Traffic congestion is one of the most significant challenges facing our cities. Melbourne's population is growing by around 325 people a day and is projected to overtake Sydney's within a decade. Identified as the most congested ...
Economics & Business
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Internet traffic is the flow of data in the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks.
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