A thin strand of glass designed for light transmission. A single hair-thin optical fiber is capable of transmitting trillions of bits per second. In addition to their huge transmission capacity ...

Glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) has a long history of use in building facades, and was originally developed for its superior performance in seismic zones. The decorative concrete industry ...

Marking a significant advancement in communications, Swedish researchers 3D-printed silica glass micro-optics on the tips of optic fibers, which have surfaces as small as the cross-section of a ...