optic

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After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Three weeks ago, the Oscars production team loaded its equipment into the Dolby Theatre: more than 800 lighting fixtures, a custom PA system and massive fiber optic cables that run underground.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Fiber optic cables were lighter than copper, more of the value in GDP was in ideas not physical goods, et cetera.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

In laboratory tests, the researchers converted infrared light with a wavelength of about 1530 nanometers, similar to what is used in fiber optic communication systems, into visible green light near 510 nanometers.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

Realizing it, I made my own optic adjustment: I stopped even trying to smile.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama