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 ...

The University of Sheffield Rail Group hosted industry partners at British Steel on 7th November to see laser-clad field-demonstrations, which showed how additive manufacturing can repair railway ...

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 ...

The cladding crisis has escalated with Victoria's building industry in danger of grinding to a halt because building surveyors can no longer get professional indemnity insurance. Landmark Underwriting ...

A popular cladding brand failed a safety test this week - despite being seen as so fire-safe that it is permitted on tall buildings without any extra tests, Newsnight has learned. Cladding removed for ...

Young and vulnerable people are stuck with homes they can't sell because of red tape around cladding, a leaseholders' charity says. Many high-street lenders ask for an EWS1 form as proof that cladding ...

At an apartment block in Melbourne's south-east, Kerry Ould's retirement savings are crumbling around her. Work has still not finished on most Victorian buildings found to contain combustible cladding ...

CLADDING on tower blocks was ripped down across the UK following the Grenfell Tower fire because of fears it could contribute towards another deadly blaze. Councils across the country tested materials ...

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 ...