Fiber Optics Could Detect Earthquakes, Improve Railway Safety With Distributed Acoustic Sensing

Medicine & Technology Feb 01, 2024

Researchers are incorporating distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) to keep railways safe from earthquakes. Continue reading to learn more.

Fiber Optics Could Detect Earthquakes, Improve Railway Safety With Distributed Acoustic Sensing

Feb 01, 2024

Researchers are incorporating distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) to keep railways safe from earthquakes. Continue reading to learn more.

Deep-Sea Fiber Optic Cables Could be the Future of Earthquake and Tsunami Detection [Study]

Feb 26, 2021

A collaborative study between geophysicists and network engineers shows the dual functions of the transatlantic fiber optic cables that can be used to detect disturbances in seismic events that could one day be used as an early warning for earthquakes and tsunamis, saving billions of lives.

Why Liquid Glass Should Be the New State of Matter

Jan 06, 2021

Recent research concludes that liquid glass is the new state of matter with unusual properties.

High-Pressure Manufacturing Improves Glass for Fiber Optic Cables

Dec 23, 2020

Though fiber optic cables have made communication and data transmission even faster than previously possible, it is still subject to physical limitations and data losses. A new study has found a way to reduce signal losses from glass-based fiber optic cables.