Public sector innovation: Scientists develop a new technique to detect earthquakes and ocean currents using subsea cables
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Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) made use of their knowledge assets – specifically, its knowhow of advanced measurement techniques - to transform ‘subsea optical-fibre cables’ into ‘sensor arrays’ for the detection of underwater earthquakes and ocean currents. For the first …