Editor’s Picks

  1. Invest In Photonics Points VCs To Leading Investment Areas In Photonics Across Multiple Industries 12/20/2012

    Invest in Photonics 2012, the two-day international business partnering convention focused exclusively on photonics VC investment, recently announces that participation at the December 12 – 13 event hosted for venture capitalists and the international photonics communities rose, despite a tough investment decade in photonics.

  2. SPIE and CLP Publish Inaugural Issue Of Advanced Photonics Nexus 9/23/2022

    Advanced Photonics Nexus, a new international, Gold Open Access journal co-published by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Chinese Laser Press (CLP), has published its inaugural issue.

  3. Researchers Use FRET To Observe Spontaneous 'Ratcheting' Of Single Ribosome Molecules 6/5/2008
    Researchers report this week that they are the first to observe the dynamic, ratchet-like movements of single ribosomal molecules in the act of building proteins from genetic blueprints. A team at the University of Illinois used fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) to observe in real time the movement of the ribosomal subunits that is essential for protein synthesis.
  4. Inline-Capable Spectroscopic 100% Inspection For Industrial Quality Assurance And Process Control 4/7/2022

    Ensuring quality without losing time: Companies from the pharmaceutical, chemical and food industry in particular depend on meeting the highest quality requirements while at the same time optimizing production processes.

  5. Engineers Create 'Optical Cloaking' Design For Invisibility 4/2/2007
    Researchers using nanotechnology have taken a step toward creating an "optical cloaking" device that could render objects invisible by guiding light around anything placed inside this "cloak"
  6. 'Game-Changing' New Option Is Open Access Week Highlight For Optics And Photonics Publisher 10/22/2012

    Journal editors are expressing enthusiastic support for a new open access option announced recently by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

  7. AQT Now Supports Qiskit As Quantum Software Tool 11/5/2019

    Quantum computers promise to solve real-life problems that are beyond the computational powers of classical computers. The computational strength of quantum computers is based on an entirely different set of rules for computation.

  8. SPIE Photonics West 2015 Set To Draw Photonics Community To San Francisco 11/12/2014

    More biomedical optics and neurophotonics, new programs in lasers and 3D printing, silicon photonics for next-generation computing, and a dazzling opening for the International Year of Light are just a few highlights planned for this year's SPIE Photonics West, set for 7-12 February.

  9. Improved E-Jet Printing Provides Higher Resolution And More Versatility 9/10/2007
    By combining electrically induced fluid flow with nanoscale nozzles, researchers at the University of Illinois have established new benchmarks for precision control and resolution in jet-printing processes
  10. Light-Induced Changes In Photosensory Proteins 11/26/2018

    Phytochromes are proteins, which are responsible for converting light into cellular information. Found in plants, fungi and bacteria, these photoreceptors use light to regulate fundamental physiological processes.