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  "id": 1490503,
  "title": "Caltech breakthrough brings fiber-optic performance to silicon chips",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/caltech-breakthrough-brings-fiber-optic-performance-to-silicon-chips",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-17T12:30:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260814235905.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Caltech scientists have created ultra-low-loss optical pathways on silicon chips that approach the efficiency of fiber optics and dramatically outperform existing technology at visible wavelengths. The breakthrough could unlock more powerful lasers, miniature atomic sensors and clocks, quantum systems, and more energy-efficient data centers.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}