Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

The World Wide Web might sound metaphorical, but it’s actually grounded in a physical web of translucent glass filaments crisscrossing the globe. These fiber-optic cables transmit internet data ...

Nedia Fiber, a U.S.-based optical fiber cable supplier, and Birla Cable Ltd., a publicly listed global leader in fiber optic cable manufacturing, have formed a strategic alliance to accelerate the ...

The global network of seafloor cables may be good for more than ferrying digital communication between continents. These fiber-optic cables could also serve as underwater earthquake detectors, ...

DSM (News - Alert) Functional Materials, a developer of high-performance functional coatings and composite materials, and Corning, a provider of specialty glass and ceramics, announced the signing of ...

Many of the world’s largest and most devastating earthquakes strike beneath the ocean, where the lack of sensors makes quick warnings difficult. Most monitoring stations are on land. “If we have a big ...