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The broadband market has gotten more crowded and more competitive, with the major wireless companies stepping up their investments in home-internet plans through both fiber offerings and fixed-wireless-access offerings that leverage their existing cellular networks.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Adjusted earnings per share also came in above expectations, and AT&T showed growth in both fiber and fixed-wireless internet customers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

The new research indicates that collagen can lose its underlying structural order while the visible fiber network still looks largely unchanged.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

The Italian cable maker said the 10-year agreement was one of a string of new deals as it seeks to bolster its fiber capacity in the U.S. with a potential listing in the cards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

But every year since then, the optical switches at each end of that fiber cable have gotten better and better, meaning that more and more voices and data can be transmitted down each fiber.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

To fire big ammunition, militaries need explosive chemicals derived from natural fibers that suddenly are in short supply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Guncotton has historically been made from what are called linters—the short, fuzzy fibers left on cotton seeds after the main fibers are removed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Rather than waiting until collagen fibers visibly thin or fragment, future researchers may be able to identify the earliest warning signs by examining how the molecules are arranged.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

Optical fibers collect the photons produced in each section and carry the light to photomultiplier tubes or silicon photomultipliers, which count the photons.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

The new, more yielding environment allowed the carbon fibers to separate.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir