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Scientists accidentally create a tiny “rainbow chip” that could supercharge the internet

A few years ago, researchers in Michal Lipson’s lab noticed something remarkable. They were working on a project to improve LiDAR, a technology that uses lightwaves to measure distance. The lab was designing high-power chips that could produce brighter beams of light. “As we sent more and more power throughContinue Reading

Are we accidentally broadcasting our location to alien civilizations?

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If an extraterrestrial intelligence were looking for signs of human communications, when and where should they look? In a new study, researchers at Penn State and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California analyzed when and where human deep space transmissions would be most detectable by an observer outside ourContinue Reading

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Scientists accidentally create a tiny “rainbow chip” that could supercharge the internet

Are we accidentally broadcasting our location to alien civilizations?

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