If there's one fascinating fact about spiders that everyone knows, it's that their silken webs are deceptively strong. It can have a tensile strength of up to around 1000 megapascals, which can be ...

Congress has authorized trillions of dollars in new spending through the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS and Science Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In the series “Breaking Ground,” ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — We hear the term fiber optics but many of us may not know what that is. ”It is basically pulses of light traveling down a glass strand that is about the size of a human hair. The ...

Last year, fiber-optic drones emerged as a game-changing technology in the Russia-Ukraine War. By transmitting data through fiber-optic cables, these drones are immune to the electronic warfare ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. “I immediately realized this was what our Ukrainian forces needed,” Smothers told me. Fiber optic drones could be a game changer — ...

Given the rapid pace of technological advancements on today’s battlefield (particularly in AI) understanding the capabilities of adaptive technologies and unmanned systems is imperative, especially ...