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 ...

Approximately 25% of Internet data usage is over fiber-optic cables, according to a recent technical blog from The Bookmark. Its new animated guide on How Fiber Optics Work includes facts about ...

If you’ve ever dabbled even a little bit into the tech world, you’ve probably heard of fiber optics. But what is it and why is it so important? Fiber optic cable is a whole new way of communication.

There are enough seismometers around these days to detect and locate nearly all earthquakes on land, except the most minuscule ones. The seafloor is another story. It’s expensive and difficult to ...

You are watching a long-standing assumption in physics and engineering quietly fall apart. Researchers at Northwestern ...

A proof-of-concept study found that the same tech that carries high-speed internet might help track notoriously noisy insects. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 30, 2023 10:00 AM EST Get the Popular ...

As Verizon's large-scale program to install fiber-optic cable rolls across Northern Virginia, with it comes the possibility this summer of more churned-up yards and ruptured gas, electric and other ...

SAN JUAN ISLAND — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish Sea. Working ...

Scientists Hope Underwater Fiber-Optic Cables Can Help Save Endangered Orcas SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and ...