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Researchers have developed a novel, highly compact electro-optical modulator that converts electrical signals into light pulses for ultra-fast and efficient data transmission across fiber-optic networks.
#Microtechnology #Technology #MaterialScience #Photonics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/mtec03182601.html

Stable, Fast, Mass-producible: Breakthrough in Light-based Data Connections

New Technology Facilitates Manufacture of Optical Microchips for Efficient Data Transmission

Braye S.Dec 16

👾#Robots So Tiny That 100 Can Fit On Chip Smaller Than Fingertip

"Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan created microscopic machines measuring just 210 to 340 micrometers wide (roughly the size of a paramecium or two human hairs laid side by side) that pack in an onboard computer, temperature sensors, memory, communication systems, and propulsion."

https://studyfinds.org/cell-sized-robots-can-sense-decide-move/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c6405d78644b3ab5e2a4

🏷️ T a g s #microrobots #microtechnology #nanotech #nanotechnology #robotics #science

Cell-Sized Robots Can Sense, Decide, And Move Without Outside Control

Cell-sized robots can sense temperature, make decisions, and move autonomously using nanowatts of power—no external control needed.

Study Finds

Scientific Frontline Dec 15

Conditions can get rough in the micro- and nanoworld. To ensure that e.g. nutrients can still be optimally transported within cells, the #minuscule #transporters involved need to respond to the fluctuating environment.
#Physics #MolecularScience #Microtechnology #Nanotechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/phy12152503.html

Surfing on the waves of the microcosm

Conditions are much rougher in the highly dynamic environment of a living organism

Scientific Frontline Sep 18

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have made light-powered #gears on a #micrometer scale. This paves the way for the smallest on-chip motors in history, which can fit inside a strand of hair.
#Microtechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/09/nt09182501.html

Light-powered motor fits inside a strand of hair

We have built a gear train in which a light-driven gear sets the entire chain in motion

Hacker News May 13, 2025

ETH Zurich researchers discover new security vulnerability in Intel processors
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/05/eth-zurich-researchers-discover-new-security-vulnerability-in-intel-processors.html
#ycombinator #D_INFK #News #Security_research #International #Data_science #Microtechnology

ETH Zurich researchers discover new security vulnerability in Intel processors

Computer scientists at ETH Zurich discover new class of vulnerabilities in Intel processors, allowing them to break down barriers between different users of a processor using carefully crafted instruction sequences. Entire processor memory can be read by employing quick, repeated attacks.

ETH Zurich