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With huge opportunities for light-based diagnostics and therapeutics to combat disease, successful clinical translation depends on funding robust trials – and greater trust between developers and end-users, finds Jessica Rowbury
22 March 2021
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12 March 2021
Spectroradiometry can help producers and users ensure UV-based virus-fighting equipment really works, finds Andy Extance
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Keely Portway discovers how lasers are being used to advance Moore’s law, and how this technology could become more accessible to SMEs
11 February 2021
Keely Portway looks at some of the latest developments in quantum science, and what they could mean for the commercial space
12 January 2021
Algorithms let developers shrink microscopes, enabling innovation by building on existing technology, discovers Andy Extance
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Now smaller, cheaper and more robust, light detection and ranging instruments are being used in new ways, finds Jessica Rowbury
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Optical design is crucial in enabling wider adoption of hyperspectral imaging, finds Andy Extance
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Optical coatings are helping to improve the efficiency of solar cells, finds David Stuart
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14 October 2020
Greg Blackman discovers how emerging lasers with adjustable beam quality are improving quality and flexibility in cutting and welding
12 October 2020
Keely Portway takes a look at the latest developments in optical software for the biomedical industry
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It can take a village to bring a medical photonics device to market, Benjamin Skuse discovers
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We round-up the latest products and solutions in the single photon counting space.
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A look at the commercial offerings of the main players in freeform optics.
How automotive companies can choose the right lidar technology for their applications, by Gemma Church
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Here we highlight some of the initiatives working to engage and train young people in optics and photonics
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Raman spectroscopy has huge potential for use in medicine, as David Stuart finds out
Fabless start-up Scintil Photonics has raised €13.5m for its laser-integrated silicon chips. We speak to co-founder Sylvie Menezo
