Editor’s Picks

  1. Photon Design's Will Showcase Simulation Tool Innovations At SPIE Photonics West, Booth 3452, And Feature In Customer's Academic And Commercial Presentations 1/15/2026

    Photon Design, a global leader in photonic simulation CAD software, will exhibit at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, 20–22 January, Booth 3452.

  2. Newly Improved Glass Slide Turns Microscopes Into Thermometers 5/2/2018

    The humble glass microscope slide may be primed for a makeover. A study published online today (May 2, 2018) in the journal Nature Communications describes how an updated version of this centuries-old tool can now enable scientists to see tiny objects while also measuring their temperature.

  3. Transparent Aluminium Is 'New State Of Matter' 7/28/2009
    Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. ‘Transparent aluminium’ previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion.
  4. Scientists Develop New Hybrid Energy Transfer System 5/27/2014

    Scientists from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the Universities of Sheffield and Crete, have developed a new hybrid energy transfer system, which mimics the processes responsible for photosynthesis.

  5. Prescient Medical Acquires New Technology To Detect Inflammation In Coronary Blood Vessels 11/19/2007
    Prescient Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company dedicated to reducing deaths from heart attacks, announces the acquisition of a new technology that identifies and quantifies metabolic activity and inflammation in human artery tissue by measuring the time it takes for light to dissipate after the tissue has been excited with ultra-short light pulses
  6. Missouri University Of Science And Technology Uses Gentec-EO Instruments 3/2/2022

    The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology was one of the twelve winners of our most recent Laser Lab Awards contest. Their prize? A UP19K-15S-H5 laser power detector and a MAESTRO display device valued at more than 3,000 USD.

  7. Scientists Develop New Method For Improved Fiber Optic Measurement Of Brain Activity Changes 8/8/2022

    UNC School of Medicine researchers, led by Ian Shih, PhD, associate professor of Neurology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, developed an improved fiber-based optical method to measure activity changes in the brain.

  8. Kodak, eMagin extends OLED licensing agreement 5/25/2000
    Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display manufacturers Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY) and eMagin Corp. (Hopewell Junction, NY) have extended their existing cross-licensing agreement by two years, through March 2002...
  9. Entanglement Over Large Separations Because Of, Not Despite Dissipation 7/15/2026

    The inevitable leakage of energy and information from a quantum system into its surrounding environment is the enemy of quantum technology.

  10. Excelitas Technologies to Demonstrate Photonics, Imaging Innovations at BiOS Expo and Photonics West 2025 1/22/2025

    WHO:   Excelitas Technologies® Corp., the leading provider of advanced, life-enriching technologies that make a difference, serving global market leaders in the life sciences, advanced industrial, next-generation semiconductor, aerospace and defense end markets, will display and demonstrate its latest high-performance photonics offerings at SPIE BiOS Expo and SPIE Photonics West 2025.