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 ...

Many miles off the western coast of the Americas, an undersea cable connects Los Angeles, California to Valparaiso, Chile. Stretched end-to-end, it’s equal to four-fifths of the Earth’s diameter. The ...

Buried under city streets, countryside roads and the deep ocean floor lie the glass threads that carry almost everything we do online. These strands, often no wider than a human hair, already move ...

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

Given how quickly technology advances and becomes outdated, there’s a good reason to develop electronics from materials that will break down and biodegrade when discarded, instead of filling up ...

Google Fiber is looking to begin installing fiber-optic cables in Leander after the city approved an agreement allowing the company to use public right of way.

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 ...