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Glass Is Making Your Internet Faster

Caitlin and Arlo visit the Diablo Glass School to discover how chemistry plays an important role in glass’s versatility, and how its properties can be manipulated. Dr. Desiré Whitmore — also known as “LaserChick” — uses lasers to demonstrate how information can be transmitted through glass, and explains how that forms the basis of an ever-growing global fiber optic network.

English
  • Originally Aired August 10, 2021
  • Runtime 10 minutes
  • Production Company PBS Productions
  • Created November 22, 2021 by
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  • Modified November 23, 2021 by
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