Seti: how we're searching for alien life at previously unexplored frequencies

Previous searches for extraterrestrial life have included only the radio band above 600 MHz, leaving lower frequencies virtually unexplored.

Owen Johnson, PhD Candidate of Astrophysics, Trinity College Dublin • conversation
Dec. 5, 2023 ~7 min

Curious Kids: can our brains sense electromagnetic waves?

Your brains can perceive some electromagnetic waves – but not without your body’s help.

Damian Cruse, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham • conversation
July 14, 2023 ~6 min


How does a television set work?

Pictures and sound, flying through the air to a box in your house? Back in the 1940s, it seemed like a miracle.

Jay Weitzen, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMass Lowell • conversation
Dec. 5, 2022 ~6 min

Telescope detects radio ‘heartbeat’ from far away galaxy

Astronomers have found a strange and persistent radio signal, called a fast radio burst, coming from billions of light-years away from Earth.

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
July 21, 2022 ~5 min

535 new fast radio bursts help answer deep questions about the universe and shed light on these mysterious cosmic events

Fast radio bursts are the focus of a young and fascinating field of astronomy. Researchers just released data on more than 500 new bursts, quadrupling the total number of detected events.

Emmanuel Fonseca, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, West Virginia University • conversation
June 9, 2021 ~9 min

Nikola Tesla: 5G network could realise his dream of wireless electricity, a century after experiments failed

New 5G technologies also boast the raw ingredients needed to beam wireless power to small devices.

James Peter Brusey, Professor of Computer Science, Coventry University • conversation
April 9, 2021 ~8 min

Radio wave energy powers wearable devices

Researchers have figured out how to harvest energy from radio waves to power wearable devices. "We are trying to provide additional, consistent energy."

Megan Lakatos-Penn State • futurity
April 1, 2021 ~5 min

How does Wi-Fi work? An electrical engineer explains

Wi-Fi has become a fundamental part of modern digital life, but its foundation is the same as the technology that allowed your great-grandparents to listen to their favorite radio programs.

Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California • conversation
Jan. 12, 2021 ~5 min


Team cracks the case of the universe’s ‘missing matter’

Researchers have solved a decades-old mystery of "missing matter"—material long predicted to exist in the universe but never detected—until now.

U. Washington • futurity
May 29, 2020 ~7 min

Quantum entanglement could take GPS to the next level

New work on quantum entanglement could "improve the performance of any application that requires a network of sensors," researchers report.

Emily Dieckman-Arizona • futurity
April 20, 2020 ~9 min

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