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31. Stressed Crystal Creates Nanoscale Patterns On Chip Materials At Room Temperature 5/21/2026

    A new chip-making technique exploits a material’s crystal structure to create nanoscale patterns at room temperature directly onto hard materials used in devices, including silica.

32. DESY Spin-Off Class 5 Photonics Acquired By Light Conversion 5/20/2026

    Light Conversion, a laser company based in Vilnius, Lithuania, has acquired Class 5 Photonics GmbH, a spin-off from DESY and GSI.

33. Q.ANT Takes Photonic AI Computing Commercial As AI's Power Demand Surges 5/20/2026

    Q.ANT, a pioneer in commercial photonic computing, today announced a collaboration with IONOS — a major European cloud and hosting provider serving approximately 6.8 million customers across 17 markets in Europe and North America — to make Q.ANT’s Native Processing Server (NPS) accessible to commercial customers through IONOS’ cloud infrastructure and customer ecosystem.

34. Toward Power-Generating Displays: A Single Device That Harvests And Emits Light 5/19/2026

    A newly developed organic semiconductor device can both generate electricity from light and emit bright visible light, as reported by researchers from Science Tokyo.

35. Using Laser Processes To Create Robust, Miniaturized Beam Sources For Quantum Technology 5/19/2026

    In the HiPEQ project, a consortium of industry and research partners has de-veloped new laser-based approaches to enable miniaturized, robust beam sources for quantum technology. Among others, the consortium also used lasers to grow novel optical insulator crystals.

36. Clarkson Research Uses AI To Speed Discovery Of Materials For Future Energy And Quantum Technologies 5/19/2026

    Researchers at Clarkson University are advancing the use of artificial intelligence and computational physics to accelerate discovery of next-generation materials for quantum technologies, optoelectronics, and renewable energy applications.

37. Corgi Lithography & Semiconductor Photonics ETF (EUV) Surpasses $150M In Assets Under Management Within Two Weeks Of Launch 5/19/2026

    Corgi, an AI fintech startup, announced that the Corgi Lithography & Semiconductor Photonics ETF (Cboe BZX: EUV) has surpassed $150 million in assets under management (AUM), reaching the milestone less than two weeks after its May 6, 2026 launch.

38. Fiber-Alignment Stage Handles Photonics Applications With Loads To 2kg And Nanometer Precision 5/19/2026

    Physik Instrumente (PI), a global leader in precision motion control and nanopositioning systems, introduces the F-572 High-Performance 3- to 6-Axis fiber-alignment stage and controller, designed for high-throughput active alignment applications in photonics manufacturing and test.

39. Researchers Measure Giant Light-Conversion Effect In Chiral Carbon Nanotubes 5/19/2026

    A sheet of twisted carbon nanotubes has revealed a hidden talent scientists suspected for decades but had never managed to measure.

40. New Chip Offers Way To Make Use Of Quantum System 'Imperfections' 5/19/2026

    Quantum technologies promise powerful new kinds of computers, giving scientists new tools to mimic and explore nature at its tiniest scales.