The internet’s fiber optic backbone already travels at the speed of light, but researchers have found a way to drastically increase its bandwidth.

Scientists have designed an amplifier that can transmit 10 times more information per second than current fiber-optic systems can, which could be helpful for medical treatment and diagnosis.

The evolution of the internet is a startling thing to behold. The slow, dial-up tones of the 1990s and early aughts still rings in many of our minds, but now the fiber-optic backbone of the modern ...