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

Both Digital Realty and Equinix control real estate in sought-after locales like Northern Virginia, Illinois and Northern California, with prime access to electricity, fiber optic capacity and key customers.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 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

But she knew that even if the knives were not poised above her optic nerve, she would attend to her nephews only out of duty.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan