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What if the ice itself could carry your reactor’s safety signals? MIT Lincoln Laboratory just demonstrated that a modem can send data through 3.6 feet of Arctic ice at 1.2 kilobytes per second — a speed that’s slow, but survivable in conditions where nothing else works. This isn’t about bandwidth. It’s about reliability in the most extreme environments. For nuclear safety monitoring, especially in remote or ice-covered regions like potential SMR sites, this breakthrough shows that ice can be a medium, not a barrier. The real question for regulators: can we certify systems that rely on through-ice communication as part of the safety case? The answer is now emerging. News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology — https://news.mit.edu/2026/researchers-tune-into-arctic-under-ice-sounds-test-through-ice-communication-0904 Source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/researchers-tune-into-arctic-under-ice-sounds-test-through-ice-communication-0904 View and join any or all of our communities — AI, quantum, and real estate: https://alex-companies.com/reports/linkedin-groups If there's an AI, quantum, or real estate community you'd like to see us convene, tell us — this portfolio grows by request.