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Sugar Fibre: Make your own optical fibre


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Websites, videos, messages, social media - it all travels over optical fibre. These are normally made from glass, but you can have a go making them from sugar. We'll show you how they work and tell you some of the exciting research we're doing for the future. Join a cleanroom tour and see our real fibre tower too.


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