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Streaming has turned the living room into the busiest network node in the house, yet most of us still rely on flaky wireless signals to feed our most demanding screen. Buried on the back of many smart ...

The Sun has captivated humanity for millennia. And yet, despite being our closest star, studying it is not easy. Its blinding ...

Optical computing has emerged as a powerful approach for high-speed and energy-efficient information processing. Diffractive ...

Ending a year in which it celebrated its fifth birthday, the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network project releases details ...

Researchers have developed a fiber neural network system that performs intelligent processing of optical communication signals directly in the light domain. This approach integrates optical ...

Complex fluids, such as polymer melts and concentrated suspensions, are foundational materials for industrial products, ...

Astound, Service Electric Cable TV, Comcast/Xfinity and Verizon Fios are expanding their fiber optic networks. What that ...

Continuing our look at the work of the IOWN project, we find out what use cases the next evolved generation of the infrastructure will support and which firms are likely to gain.

Ciena has established itself as a leading innovator in the optical equipment industry. With a portfolio of first-to-market applications, such as its 1.6 terabit per second WaveLogic 6 Extreme optical ...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is testing a new approach to transmission line monitoring that uses the utility’s existing fiber optic network to gather real-time data across challenging ...