Zhongwen Zhan, a geophysics professor at Caltech, presented his findings of using fiber optic cables to monitor earthquakes, during a lecture and resource fair on Wednesday.
Imagine repurposing underground fiber optic cables, typically used for delivering high-speed Internet to California residents, to detect and measure earthquakes. That is the focus of a recent research by scientists at the California Institute of Technology led by Zhongwen Zhan.
Zhongwen Zhan, a geophysics professor at Caltech, presented his findings of using fiber optic cables to monitor earthquakes, during a lecture and resource fair on Wednesday.
Zhongwen Zhan, a geophysics professor at Caltech, presented his findings of using fiber optic cables to monitor earthquakes, during a lecture and resource fair on Wednesday.
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