Reporte #136

 

A concrete solution

MIT News – Engineering

Insight into cement’s microscopic properties may lead to stronger, more sustainable concrete.

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Satellite Radar “Sees” Invisible Changes in Groundwater Levels

IEEE Spectrum Recent Content

By watching from above, scientists can closely monitor aquifer levels deep below ground.

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China Demonstrates Quantum Encryption By Hosting a Video Call

IEEE Spectrum Recent Content

Chinese researchers have completed a practical demonstration of quantum key distribution, showing that it’s possible to encrypt and send data between two locations in a highly secure way. 

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Infrared Light Promises Ultrafast Wireless Communications

IEEE Spectrum Recent Content

Using public Wi-Fi requires a lot of patience. Different devices have to share the bandwidth from a router, and that can slow downloads to a crawl. Now, a research group in the Netherlands is proposing to increase wireless capacity by orders of magnitude by using infrared light instead of radio waves.

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Fast-moving magnetic particles could enable new form of data storage

MIT News – Engineering

Recently discovered phenomenon could provide a way to bypass the limits to Moore’s Law.

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Blockchains: How They Work and Why They’ll Change the World

IEEE Spectrum Recent Content

The technology behind Bitcoin could touch every transaction you ever make.

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Honda Unveils Prototype E2-DR Disaster Response Robot

IEEE Spectrum Recent Content

Two years ago at IROS 2015 in Germany, Honda R&D presented a paper on an experimental new humanoid robot designed for disaster response.

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Fighting Cholera With a Smartphone

IEEE Spectrum Recent Content

Global health experts don’t worry about if a major infectious disease outbreak will occur; it’s just a matter of when.

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Biologists identify possible new strategy for halting brain tumors

MIT News – Engineering

Cutting off a process that cancerous cells rely on can force them to stop growing.

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An Edible Actuator for Ingestible Robots

IEEE Spectrum Recent Content

Researchers have long been trying to make electronics that are safe to eat. These include edible transistors, sensors, batteries, electrodes, and capacitors, which (if you put them together) are most of an edible robot.

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