To use each core as an independent amplifier, it is essential to have negligible core-to-core crosstalk and pump-depletion-induced crosstalk. The worst-case core-to-core crosstalk for a six-core EDFA ...

Thousands more properties could now be caught up in Australia's cladding crisis, after authorities issued an alert warning against the use of another nine types of cladding. The cladding products are ...

A popular cladding brand failed a safety test this week - despite being seen as so fire-safe that it is permitted on tall buildings without any extra tests, Newsnight has learned. Cladding removed for ...

Since the Grenfell fire, repairs have been required to buildings with unsafe cladding. This created an affordability crisis with many flat-owners facing large bills for renovations. The government has ...

Graded-index plastic optical fibers (GI POFs) 1 are a highly competitive transmission medium for short-range communications such as local area networks and interconnections. Because GI POFs have a ...

Sara Robertson used to wake up in the middle of the night thinking that she heard a fire alarm and her apartment was going to burn down. Ms Robertson said the unknown cost of dealing with flammable ...

Young and vulnerable people are stuck with homes they can't sell because of red tape around cladding, a leaseholders' charity says. Many high-street lenders ask for an EWS1 form as proof that cladding ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The state government taskforce into dangerous flammable cladding has deemed more than 500 buildings a low priority, despite their ...

Inspired by experimental solar houses developed after the 1970s oil crisis, the Passive House certification emerged in the late 1980s as a response to growing concerns about energy efficiency and the ...

CLADDING on tower blocks was ripped down across the UK following the Grenfell Tower fire because of fears it could contribute towards another deadly blaze. Councils across the country tested materials ...

Flat owners will not have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height buildings under new government plans, BBC Newsnight understands. It means leaseholders in buildings of between 11 and 18 ...

ARINA had an association with Hayball Architects for four years to 2016. ARINA had no involvement with the residential component of the practice. The fire at the Neo200 building on Spencer Street in ...