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 ...

Panels made from plastic and aluminium were installed on the sides of Grenfell Tower to make it warmer and drier. But the cladding has been blamed for helping flames to spread when fire broke out in ...

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 ...

The China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) informed the IAEA yesterday that a minor fuel cladding failure had occurred at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant. What are fuel cladding failures, and what do ...

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 ...

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 ...

A letter from the State Government turns up in the mail. It says your building is covered in high-risk combustible cladding and it needs to be removed immediately. Hundreds of buildings housing ...

Some buildings still have the same dangerous cladding in place that Grenfell Tower did (Picture: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty) It’s been five years since the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. The ...