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Integrity is also carrying an experimental optical communication system that uses a laser (infrared light) to transmit data at a higher rate than radio waves can travel, allowing for larger video and imagery files to be transmitted back to Earth more quickly.
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Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026
Only 3% of slower-rotating neutron stars have been observed to emit radio waves from a region within their grasp besides their poles.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The technology uses light instead of radio waves, offering a way to ease pressure on crowded wireless networks.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
Patients would lie inside that long tube while magnets and radio waves combine to produce images intended to show damage after a heart attack or find valve disease.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 25 Mar. 2026
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Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026
Only 3% of slower-rotating neutron stars have been observed to emit radio waves from a region within their grasp besides their poles.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The technology uses light instead of radio waves, offering a way to ease pressure on crowded wireless networks.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
Patients would lie inside that long tube while magnets and radio waves combine to produce images intended to show damage after a heart attack or find valve disease.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Radio wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20wave. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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radio wave
noun
ra·dio wave
ˈrād-ē-ō-ˌwāv 
: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency
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