DURHAM, N.C. -- Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s ... Under a microscope, most of the heart cockle’s shell has a layered structure, with thin plates of aragonite stacked in ...

The benefits and drawbacks of using fiber or cable for home internet broadband may not be immediately obvious. Here's a breakdown to help you decide.

Fiber is also used to replace copper cable for LAN backbones. An optical fiber is constructed of a transparent core made of nearly pure silicon dioxide (SiO2), through which the light travels.

An curved arrow pointing right. Computer science Professor Paul Barford and a team of researchers recently published the first publicly available map of the US's long-haul fiber-optic cable network.

Later this year, Pasternack will launch multifiber breakout cable assemblies in 4-, 6-, 8- and 12-fiber configurations, as ...