Scientists Develop Single-Crystal Semiconductor Wire
	Optical fibers have usage in a broad range of applications that involve the transmission and processing of light signals, starting with telecommunications, computing, all the way to remote sensing and medical devices. But optical fibers are not perfect, at least not in the way we would like them to be. On top of the fact that light signals degrade severely after traveling a certain distance, they also lack the ability of transmit ... [read more >>]
	17 March 2008, 06:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Rocket Fails Upon Satellite Orbit Insertion
	The Russian-built Proton-M rocket launched from the Kazakhastan Baikonur cosmodrome on Saturday at 02:18 a.m. Moscow time, carrying a U.S. telecommunications satellite, but was unsuccessful in putting it in the planned orbit because of an engine failure. The satellite is owned by the SES Americom telecommunications provider, built by Lockheed Martin and has the ability to alter its telecommunication coverage by simply patching it ... [read more >>]
	15 March 2008, 06:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Newly Designed Optical Fiber Is Hollow
	The traditional fiber optic is virtually reduced to transmitting light through a narrow cylindrical glass core. However, this particular design imposes certain restrictions to sending light signals over great distances, such as the fact that the glass fiber optic is highly sensitive to powerful light signals, which can damage it, cannot work in a broad band of the electromagnetic spectrum - therefore it cannot transmit signals su ... [read more >>]
	18 January 2008, 06:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia