fiber optic cables

Scientists may have created the technology that will make fiber optic cable a thing of the past.

In the past, telecommunications companies have built the infrastructure to support the Internet, but now edge providers (the businesses that provide online content and services) are taking a direct approach. Microsoft and Facebook just announced that they are partnering to build a giant cable that will be capable of moving 160 terabits per second.

Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego have found a way to...

A team of engineers at MIT collaborated with Columbia University computer scientists to develop...

University of Alberta engineers have designed nano-optical cables that are ten times smaller than...