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Many of its 8,500 residents once lost internet service after squirrels chewed through a fiber-optic cable.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
This approach ensures compatibility with existing fiber-optic infrastructure, facilitating efficient transmission of quantum information over long distances.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
If researchers can scale up this technology and overcome the challenges, networks of fiber-optic and microwave MOF sensors could one day monitor industrial plants, pipelines and even human breath for unwanted chemicals to improve safety, efficiency and health.
—Bohong Zhang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
In a powerful Washington Post op-ed, Bethany McLean poignantly recalls the overbuilding of fiber-optic cable infrastructure during the 1990s dot-com bubble.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
This approach ensures compatibility with existing fiber-optic infrastructure, facilitating efficient transmission of quantum information over long distances.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
If researchers can scale up this technology and overcome the challenges, networks of fiber-optic and microwave MOF sensors could one day monitor industrial plants, pipelines and even human breath for unwanted chemicals to improve safety, efficiency and health.
—Bohong Zhang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
In a powerful Washington Post op-ed, Bethany McLean poignantly recalls the overbuilding of fiber-optic cable infrastructure during the 1990s dot-com bubble.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Fiber-optic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiber-optic. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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