Fibre laser expert IPG Photonics has signed an agreement to acquire laser system manufacturer Innovative Laser Technologies for $40 million
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16 June 2017
LIG Nanowise, a Manchester, UK-based nanotechnology start up has announced the commercial release of a as super-resolution microsphere amplified lens (SMAL), which the developers say is a 'world first in microscopy'. The new lens allows scientists to carry out super resolution imaging down to 70nm using a standard white light microscope
15 June 2017
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) is collaborating with three Scandinavian research groups to explore how lidar technology could be used to measure the wind conditions across the world’s longest proposed floating bridge
15 June 2017
The University of Glasgow’s School of Physics and Astronomy is today unveiling an advanced EPSRC-funded materials imaging facility worth £1 million
14 June 2017
Researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea have developed a new 3D printing method
12 June 2017
As part of a national initiative highlighting the importance of quantum technologies for economy and science in Germany, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding a project aiming to develop a portable optical single ion clock within three years
08 June 2017
Researchers from the University of St Andrews have developed a low-cost laser wavemeter that surpasses the resolution of all commercially-available instruments
08 June 2017
Researchers in Canada have demonstrated the first quantum key distribution transmissions from a ground transmitter to a quantum payload on a moving aircraft
08 June 2017
AMS Technologies has acquired UK photonics company Elforlight, as part of a strategy to provide customers with comprehensive design services
07 June 2017
Contracts for the manufacture of the 39-metre primary mirror of the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) were signed on 30 May during a ceremony at ESO’s headquarters near Munich
07 June 2017
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a way of generating holograms using the microwave signals of a wi-fi transmitter, enabling them to produce three-dimensional images of surrounding environments
07 June 2017
Thorlabs has opened a new research lab in the physics department at the Technical University in Bari, Italy, which will be used to develop optical gas sensing systems