Paul J. Finke whips a small black flashlight out of his desk at YAFO Networks Inc. in Hanover and focuses the flashlight's beam on the palm of his hand. This is fiber optics for dummies -- a quick way ...

The Covid-19 crisis has tested every industry’s strengths and weaknesses, and then put them under a microscope and displayed them for the world to see. This has been especially true for the ...

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 ...

Scientists have transmitted quantum and conventional internet data through the same fiber-optic channel, meaning a future quantum internet could theoretically use existing infrastructure. When you ...

Imagine repurposing underground fiber optic cables, typically used for delivering high-speed Internet to California residents, to detect and measure earthquakes. That is the focus of a recent research ...