The same optic fibers that pulse with the world’s Internet traffic are now listening to the pulse of the planet, picking up earthquake tremors in better detail than traditional seismic networks do. In ...

A Ukrainian serviceman of 57th motorised brigade controls an FPV drone at the frontline in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Aug. 12, 2025. (Andrii Marienko/AP) MILAN — The “Typhoon” unit is a special forces ...

At its heart, fiber optic technology is a marvel of physics and engineering. Unlike traditional copper cables that transmit electrical signals, fiber optic cables carry data as pulses of light. This ...

Last year, fiber-optic drones emerged as a game-changing technology in the Russia-Ukraine War. By transmitting data through fiber-optic cables, these drones are immune to the electronic warfare ...

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 ...

When a longtime electrician signed up for Westchester Community College’s (WCC’s) fiber optics certification program this summer, he was ready for a career shift. He said this course would hopefully ...

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) in Jena, Germany, together with international collaborators, have developed two complementary methods that could make quantum ...

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FLOYD COUNTY, Ind. (WDRB) — A company in the process of installing fiber optic cables in a southern Indiana neighborhood has been ordered to immediately stop all operations. The stop-work order was ...

SAN ANTONIO — A woman hit in the head with a fiber optic line has passed away. Police say Glenda Huff Roth was working on her yard earlier this month, when a truck driving past her home hit the line, ...