News tagged with optical fibre
S.Africa behind other African states in Internet access
Internet penetration in South Africa, the continent's economic powerhouse, is low compared to other leading economies in Africa due to high broadband cost and a lack of infrastructure, a study said Tuesday.
May 29, 2012 |
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Liberia to get high-speed internet by October
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said late Monday the west African nation will get high-speed internet from October, as it connects to a fibre optic cable running along the west African coast.
May 08, 2012 |
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Handheld probe shows promise for oral cancer detection
A team of American researchers have created a portable, miniature microscope in the hope of reducing the time taken to diagnose oral cancer.
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Crystalline materials enable high-speed electronic function in optical fibers
Scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with Penn State University have, for the first time, embedded the high level of performance normally associated with chip-based semiconductors ...
Feb 05, 2012 |
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How Internet is changing Ugandan business
Sitting in the glow of his flat-screen computer monitor in a fashionable office, Donald Kasule says that until recently it was almost impossible to imagine making a success of an Internet start-up in Uganda.
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Pentagon-backed 'time cloak' stops the clock (Update)
Pentagon-supported physicists on Wednesday said they had devised a "time cloak" that briefly makes an event undetectable.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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NPL research helps drive forward the creation of a Digital Britain
With government plans for a Digital Britain firmly underway, the amount of data that will be sent on the internet is set to increase dramatically.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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A single cell endoscope: Researchers use nanophotonics for optical look inside living cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- An endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, therapeutic drugs or other cargo without injuring ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Taiwan deploys undersea quake warning system
Taiwan said Monday it had put into service its first undersea seismic observation system, giving the island life-saving extra seconds or even minutes to brace for earthquakes and tsunamis.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2011 |
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ACE Africa cable to go online late next year: France Telecom
A fibre-optic cable from France to South Africa will go online in the second half of 2012, bringing high-speed Internet links to a host of west African countries, France Telecom said Wednesday.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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New hybrid technology could bring 'quantum information systems'
(PhysOrg.com) -- The merging of two technologies under development - plasmonics and nanophotonics - is promising the emergence of new "quantum information systems" far more powerful than today's computers.
Oct 27, 2011 |
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How to tell real whiskey from fake -- faster
Methods for distinguishing between authentic and counterfeit Scotch whisky brands have been devised by scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 25, 2011 |
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Singapore researchers invent broadband graphene polarizer
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have invented a graphene-based polarizer that can broaden the bandwidth of prevailing optical fiber-based telecommunication systems.
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Researcher develops medical technology to detect and treat disease
Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. These are also the deadly diseases that Victor Yang's research team aims to alleviate.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 18, 2011 |
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'Space-time cloak' to conceal events revealed in new study
(PhysOrg.com) -- The study, by researchers from Imperial College London, involves a new class of materials called metamaterials, which can be artificially engineered to distort light or sound waves. With conventional ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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