Fiber and Fiber Products
Fibers are strands of cells that are characterized by an elongate shape and a thickened secondary cell wall composed of cellulose and hemicellulose. Dead at maturity, fiber ce...
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Corning Inc. is finding its way around very tight corners to help high-speed Internet service reach high-rise apartments and condominiums.The world's largest maker of optical fiber said Monday it h...
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Softbank Corp. will start an Internet telephone service using
the fiber-optic line networks of other carriers in August, company
officials said Sunday.
The firm will forgo fees on calls be...
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Japan will extend its antidumping duties on polyester staple
fiber products from Taiwan and South Korea by five years beyond the
originally scheduled expiry date of June 30, the Finance Minis...
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The fibers that make up blood clots are more elastic than rubber bands and stretchier than spider webs. They're even tougher than doctors suspected _ a discovery that could lead to improved tr...
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Everybody loves a festival, even the folks who shave furry animals and make things out of their soft natural fibers. My home town hosts an annual Fiber Festival, with up-close-and-personal access ...
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A lot of the credit goes to YouTube.The wildly popular Internet video-sharing site and other bandwidth-thirty applications are driving massive investments in Internet infrastructure.That makes equi...
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Goodbye fiberglass. Hello carbon fiber.At least, that's the case when it comes to wind power systems.Fiberglass once was the material of choice for wind blades on turbines. But since carbon fiber i...
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. plans to substantially
revise downward its target for fiber-optic broadband service
subscriptions in view of weaker than anticipated customer demand,
sou...
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Uniphase started what would be a monumental move in December 1998. The San Jose-based maker of fiber-optic components was in the process of joining forces with Canada's JDS Fitel. The combined comp...
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Fiber and Fiber Products
Ultra-flexible fiber optics on the way
