In the first half of 2025, Germany and many other European countries generated more solar power than ever before, according to a new report published by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy ...

Applications are now open for the 2026 SPIE Startup Challenge. The annual entrepreneurial pitch competition is held by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, as part of SPIE ...

Exosens, a Merignanc, France-based company specializing in detection, imaging, and amplification technologies, has announced plans to triple its production capacity for thermal cameras in 2026, in ...

Comparison of conventional OCT approaches with a new multi-spot method that simultaneously measures air-puff-induced corneal deformation at nine locations. This enables assessment of corneal asymmetry ...

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists have successfully demonstrated a dual-use laser system capable of wirelessly transmitting power over long distanc ...

Associate Professor Wei Zhou evaluates the self-regenerating biosensor using an ultrafast laser microscope. Photo by Nathaniel Cranfield for Virginia Tech. The research was inspired by conversations ...

Elio, a Californian startup company working on a new approach to sensor optics, says it has raised $21 million in a series A round of venture funding. Founded in 2022 by Meta’s former head of sensing ...

Trumpf says it has reversed three successive years of declining order intake, and is now hopeful of a recovery despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty.

Concept of recoil-force-based monitoring during laser processing. Credit: Chiba University. Laser dicing, a technique that uses focused laser pulses to separate individual chips from a semiconductor ...

In photodynamic therapy, a light-sensitive drug accumulates in cancer cells and is then activated by light, producing cell-killing molecules. Microneedles can help deliver the drug and distribute ...

Quantum Computing, Inc. (QCi), the New Jersey-headquartered startup with a thin-film lithium niobate foundry operation in Arizona, looks set to acquire the lidar business unit currently belonging to ...