When the Mendocino earthquake ruptured off the California coast in 2024, it shook houses off their foundations, sent a 3-inch tsunami racing toward shore and touched off a fascinating science ...

One of the buzziest technologies in modern science may be running right under your feet. Fiber optic cables bring you the internet as data-rich pulses of light, but they also detect signals from the ...

A new type of hollow optical fibre promises to boost the amount of data that can be carried in each glass strand, and to do so over longer distances. This could help to make telecommunications systems ...

Cox Donates $10,000 to Nunez Fiber Optics. Photo provided by Nunez Community College. CHALMETTE (press release) – For the second year in a row, Cox Communications has thrown its support behind the ...

Given the rapid pace of technological advancements on today’s battlefield (particularly in AI) understanding the capabilities of adaptive technologies and unmanned systems is imperative, especially ...

Houghton’s career began with his service in the U.S. Army, where he gained invaluable experience in satellite communications and signals intelligence analysis. During this time, which he looks back on ...

Fiber-optic drones are first-person-view (FPV) drones or loitering munitions connected to their operator by an ultra-thin fiber-optic cable rather than a radio link. These tethers, often stretching up ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party has started using FPV drones with fiber-optic control against the Turkish army. A video of the attack with such a drone was posted by the user War Noir on X (formerly ...

You may have seen some striking images coming out of Ukraine on social media where entire fields and city streets are covered in a dense tangle of glistening thread. This is the byproduct of a ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Over this year alone, AT&T has expanded its fiber optic range in Topeka by 5,000 possible housing areas, with more coming throughout the state. The Greater Topeka Partnership ...

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Why it matters: A technological leap in fiber optics has shattered previous limitations, achieving what experts once considered impossible: transmitting data at 1.02 petabits per second – enough to ...