Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) will demonstrate the robust performance and extended reach capability of its long-haul optical fiber products in 40 gigabits per second ...

DSM (News - Alert) Functional Materials, a developer of high-performance functional coatings and composite materials, and Corning, a provider of specialty glass and ceramics, announced the signing of ...

Congress has authorized trillions of dollars in new spending through the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS and Science Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In the series “Breaking Ground,” ...

The UK's leading telecoms provider BT has been trialing a new type of optical fiber that could significantly boost the performance of future 5G networks. Called hollow core fiber, the technology ...

The global network of seafloor cables may be good for more than ferrying digital communication between continents. These fiber-optic cables could also serve as underwater earthquake detectors, ...