Researchers develop a switch promising energy efficient, fast, compact plasmonic devices While the field of plasmonics may sound esoteric, it is based on some fairly straightforward physics and, when applied to devices, could alter photonicsdramatically. It involves...

As electronic devices and circuits shrink into the nanoscale, the ability to transfer data on a chip, at low power with little energy loss, is becoming a critical challenge. Over the past decade, squeezing...

Define an international doctrine for cyberspace skirmishes before they escalate into conventional warfare, urge Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi. Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, sophisticated and destructive. Each day in 2017, the United States...

Seeks ways to help self-driving cars and autonomous robots deal with the uncertainty of the real world Intel announced today that it is forming a strategic research alliance to take artificial intelligence to the next level....

A lack of forethought will leave us with a mountain of obsolete devices and no way to dispose of them In 2016, Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., predicted that in the next...

We’ve seen robot insects fly, land and even swim. But they weren’t doing that all by themselves. Until now, a tether of wires held them back. A group of researchers from the University of Washington made the first...