A consortium of research universities that is creating an $80-million fiber-optic computer network announced last week that it has added six members, enough to extend the network to most portions of ...

Universities are creating a muscular new computer network, but it offers more than some wantGraphic: Map of the National LambdaRail fiber-optic network and connection pointsBy VINCENT KIERNAN Tom ...

Computer scientists and government officials are urging the creation of a nationwide ”data superhighway” that they believe would have a dramatic economic impact, rivaling that of the nation`s ...

One of mankind`s oldest manufactured items is fueling a revolution in one of the newest technologies, telecommunications. Glass, spun into fine threads and woven into fiber-optic cables, is powering ...