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By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

Light beam heavy on information Scientists in Europe and Israel have crammed more information into a single beam of light than ever before. An infrared laser can carry 26 terabits every second over 50 kilometers of fiber optic cable. Other systems have achieved as much as 100 terabits per second but require hundreds of lasers.