<ul><li>The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a tiny chip, smaller than a strawberry seed, that can revolutionize space communications.</li><li>The chip, called a low noise amplifier, measures just 1.8 by 0.9 millimeters and is designed to boost extremely faint signals for radar and telecommunications missions.</li><li>It has potential uses in radar-based missions to amplify faint radar echoes reflected from Earth's surface back to satellites.</li><li>For telecommunications, the chip strengthens weak signals sent from Earth to satellites, enabling broadband and broadcasting services.</li></ul>

This seed-sized amplifier chip could boost space communications

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