A student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how mosquitoes reach their targets

Undergraduate Chris Zuo sent me the note "Four minutes is too long" along with photos of countless mosquito bites on his bare ...
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How does NASA laser reflector improve GPS accuracy? New satellite technology explained

NASA’s laser retroreflector arrays aboard GPS III satellites enhance positioning accuracy for Earth navigation and scientific measurements by reflecting laser signals back to ground stations.

What's it like to live without a mind's eye? A closer look at aphantasia

When you read, do you visualize the story? Alex Rosenthal does not. He has a condition called aphantasia where he can't see ...

The science of how fireflies stay in sync

Yet swarms of fireflies clearly exercise a level of control over when they light up, and they do so only in specialized organs, and those are aspects scientists are still keen to understand better.
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A Physics-Based Perspective for Understanding and Utilizing Spatial Resources in Line-of-Sight Holographic Communications

Abstract: To satisfy the increasing demands for wireless transmission rates, it is necessary to exploit spatial resources of electromagnetic (EM) waves. In this context, EM information theory (EIT) ...
The Conversation

What is Bluetooth and how does it work?

Shreyas Sen is the Founder and CTO of Quasistatics, Inc. (dba Ixana), which develops Wi-R, a wireless body-area communication technology. He owns shares in the company. How do headphones, toys, ...