Physicists at the University of Bath, UK, have developed a new kind of optical fiber designed to enhance the robustness of communications networks. They say that this robustness "could prove to be ...

You can thank fiber optics for all these conveniences and more. And while you’re at it, wish the fiber a happy 60th birthday ...

Fiber-optic services are becoming more popular, and networks are expanding to cover more areas for faster data transfer speeds. Fiber-optic data transfer differs from traditional methods like ...

A research team led by Dr. Dong Chan Lim (with co-PIs: Dr. Soyeon Kim, Dr. Jahandar) and a Korean optics application material research company, Solar Optics, succeeded in developing a new type of ...

Skoltech scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from China and Iran, have taken a major step toward creating highly precise carbon nanotube fiber (CNTF)-based sensors. In a paper published in ...

Placed within a borehole drilled deep through the layers of a landslide, a fiber optic cable captured tiny, periodic ...

Andreas Fichtner strips a cable of its protective sheath, exposing a glass core thinner than a hair — a fragile, 4-kilometer-long fiber that’s about to be fused to another. It’s a fiddly task better ...

Fibre-optic cables usually make us think of ultra-fast internet – or maybe the irritation of new installation works digging up the pavement. But there are now such cables snaking their way through the ...

Soil is often perceived simply as "dirt," but in reality, it is a dynamic, living system that acts as the Earth's natural sponge. Unfortunately, common agricultural practices-including deep plowing ...