Communications: Faster, Smaller, Cheaper

Communications research is about transmitting information faster and more efficiently, which boils down to making better light sources, working out better methods of encoding data in electricity, light and radio waves, and finding better ways of transmitting these signals over communications networks.

The Communications bundle includes a brief tour of recent developments that makes connections among key issues. It also includes the text of 8 in-depth TRN stories about key communications research projects, and four related images.

The bundle is organized into two major categories: light sources and data transmission. Story subjects include microscopic LEDs, mirrored optical fibers and quantum cryptography.

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