China Reveals First Space-Based Quantum Communications Experiment
The "Chinese Quantum Science Satellite" will launch in 2016 and aim to make China the first space-faring nation with quantum communication capability
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NSA Data-Scooping: A Coming Backlash in Europe?
The same big U.S. Internet companies that reportedly handed over data wholesale to the NSA have been promising compliance with tough EU privacy standards.
Former FCC Chairman: Let’s Test an Emergency Ad Hoc Network in Boston
Outgoing FCC chairman, Harvard scholar make a pitch for private networks to aid public safety.
New Science of Cosmography Reveals 3-D Map of the Local Universe
The three-dimensional structure of the local universe may one day become as familiar as our local geography thanks to a new generation of maps that reveal our neighbourhood’s rich complexity and our place within it
How a Simple Google Search Unmasked a Chinese Cyber Espionage Network
In a new book, a leading researcher tells how cyber forensic work investigates militarization and espionage.
Bell Labs Invents Lensless Camera
A new class of imaging device with no lens and just a single light sensitive sensor could revolutionise optical, infrared and millimetre wave imaging
Physicists Unveil World's Most Precise Clock (And a Twin to Compare It Against)
A pair of clocks that lose only one "tick" in 10^18 "tocks" have been unveiled by an international team of physicists
An Interplanetary GPS Using Pulsar Signals
Spacecraft could determine their position anywhere in the solar system to within five kilometres using signals from x-ray pulsars, say astronomers.
Playing the Odds on Tornado Warnings
Pinpoint predictions are a long way off, but taking daily odds into account might help make the public more alert.
Clawing From the Wreckage of Nokia Research
Jolla Mobile, formed by Nokia refugees, launches a phone with interchangable back panels and the Sailfish OS.
