An ultrahigh speed, wireless communication network using THz instead of GHz frequencies is now one step closer. Researchers at Radboud University’s FELIX Laboratory have shown that it is possible to effectively transmit signal waves with THz frequencies through the existing fiber optic network. HD television, big data, the internet of things and social media have…
Dutch Radio Antenna to Depart for Moon on Chinese Mission
Researchers at Radboud University, ASTRON and the Delft company Innovative Solutions in Space (ISIS) are to develop a new instrument that will be onboard the Chinese Chang’e4 satellite that will be placed in an orbit behind the moon in 2018. With the instrument, astronomers want to measure radio waves from the stars and galaxies that…
Radio Squeaks Reveal ET Particles Coming In
LOFAR, the big international radio telescope, can now be used as a particle detector. Astronomers made a model to determine the type and cosmic source of incoming particles. Nature publishes an article about these findings on 3 March. LOFAR normally receives weak radio waves from the early universe. But now and then an ultra short, bright radio…