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New EU-funded project to tackle food waste
26 February 2019
FoodPackLab is using photonics to reduce food waste and increase its safety. Sabine Runge, from photonics cluster Secpho, a project partner, details how these challenges will be met
Trumpf informs customers of Brexit measures
26 February 2019
As the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on 29 March fast approaches, laser giant Trumpf has sent a letter to its customers updating them on the critical topics that may affect the company
Horizon 2020 project to make ultrafast laser processing hundred-times faster
26 February 2019
A new €4.7 million Horizon 2020 project aims to make material processing with ultrafast lasers up to a hundred times faster over the next three years
US-UK-Australia funding to improve global gravitational wave network
20 February 2019
A global network of gravitational wave observatories will be upgraded to almost double its sensitivity, the lead science funding agencies of the United Kingdom and United States announced today.
Prism Awards honour photonic innovations at Photonics West 2019
14 February 2019
The 2019 Prism Awards have been won an automotive lidar system, a head-mounted display for augmented reality, a tuneable industrial fibre laser, and a cloud-based Raman spectrometer
Laser treatment for prostate cancer wins 2019 SPIE Startup Challenge
14 February 2019
The 9th annual SPIE Startup Challenge recognised a company aiming to shift prostate-cancer treatment from an invasive surgical procedure to a brief, office-based visit, as the winner of its top award at SPIE Photonics West
Entries open for innovation awards at Laser World of Photonics
12 February 2019
Applicants have until 29 March to apply for awards, which are to recognise the innovative technologies of startups and exhibitors
Imec demos Raman chip with smartphone integration potential
05 February 2019
Nanoelectronics research hub, Imec, has developed an on-chip solution for Raman spectroscopy, which it says could be integrated into smartphones. The technology is on display at SPIE Photonics West
Photoacoustic approach sends messages through the air without needing receiving device
29 January 2019
Researchers have demonstrated that lasers can be used to transmit audible messages to a person without the need for receiver equipment
Pilot line project InPulse to boost PIC innovation in Europe
28 January 2019
InPulse, a four-year project offering new-entrant companies access to state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) based on indium phosphide, was launched officially on 23 January
Nobel laureates and European Optical Society urge EC to prioritise photonics funding
25 January 2019
Stefan Hell, Gérard Mourou and Theodor W Hansch, Nobel prize winning scientists behind major photonics breakthroughs, have warned that the sector could be seriously compromised if it is not included in the Horizon Europe draft funding priority list