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1. Bright Futures: UNSW Scientists Advance Solar Efficiency 10/31/2025

   UNSW researchers are working towards a new generation of solar technology that could make sunlight work smarter – by turning one particle of light into two packets of energy.

2. Tiny Light Circuits Mimic The Brain – At A Fraction Of The Energy Cost 10/31/2025

   On-chip optical communication between tiny light-based components can make neuromorphic (brain-inspired) computing much smaller and more energy-efficient.

3. Zygo And Navitar To Showcase Market-Leading Optical Metrology And Imaging Solutions At Precision Fair 2025 10/30/2025

   Zygo will showcase advanced 3D optical metrology and laser interferometry solutions at Precision Fair 2025, highlighting precision measurement innovations alongside Navitar’s high-performance imaging and microscopy technologies.

4. Graduate Student Achieves First Visible Red Lasers In Silicon Nitride Chips 10/30/2025

   Materials Science and Engineering doctoral candidate Yiteng Wang has achieved a major breakthrough in integrated photonics, demonstrating visible red lasers grown directly inside silicon nitride photonic chips for the first time.

5. Explore PI's High-Precision Motion Control Solutions For Advanced Life-Science Research At Neuroscience 2025 10/28/2025

   PI (Physik Instrumente) showcases advanced micro- and nanopositioning systems for super-resolution microscopy, live-cell imaging, and 3D optical metrology at the San Diego life sciences conference.

6. Mir­ror­less Laser: A New Light Source 10/28/2025

   A team of physicists from the University of Innsbruck and Harvard University has proposed a fundamentally new way to generate laser light: a laser without mirrors.

7. Computing With Light Offers Two Paths Forward For AI 10/27/2025

   Light is edging into roles once reserved for electricity in computing.

8. The Shadow Existence Of Photons 10/27/2025

   On the centennial of quantum mechanics, a group of physicists is challenging one of its central paradigms: wave-particle duality

9. Mazumder Turns Gold (Nanoclusters) To Tech Innovations 10/27/2025

   Carnegie Mellon University chemistry Ph.D. student Abhrojyoti Mazumder struck gold with nanocluster research. Made in a lab, these materials could help make quantum computers and communication networks faster and more powerful — advances with far-reaching implications for national security, economic competitiveness and scientific leadership.

10. Montana State Awarded $1.1M To Expand Facility For Photonics Research And Development 10/27/2025

    The Montana Microfabrication Facility at Montana State University recently received a $1.1M grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration through its Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs program.