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Optical fibers shake up earthquake monitoring systems

By Lisa McDonald / February 12, 2019

A team of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers showed “dark fibers,” unused fiber-optic cables that crisscross the United States underground, could be co-opted to serve as sensors in earthquake monitoring systems.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / April 7, 2015

Secret sidewalk art, the world’s thinnest float glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 7, 2015.

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