The device could dramatically increase the quality of life for diabetics, who currently have to prick their finger or wear an implant to monitor glucose levels
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Similar to a smartwatch, the developed glucose monitor will be wearable on the wrist for the convenience of hundreds of millions of diabetics worldwide. (Image: Shutterstock/Chaay_Tee)
An end to pin-prick tests? Trumpf VCSELs to enable wearable glucose sensors
11 January 2023
The LZH and its partners are developing fast, contactless microscopy techniques for detecting bacteria. (Image: LZH)
LZH and partners developing faster tests for deadly bacteria
11 January 2023
The work could significantly accelerate the characterisation and classification of biofilms in clinical environments
The parallel peripheral-photoinhibition lithography system comprises eight modules that are arranged to allow the individual control of split excitation and inhibition beams, thereby allowing the high-resolution, high-efficiency fabrication of nanostructures. (Image: Zhu et al)
Laser lithography system could speed 3D nanofabrication
09 January 2023
The system could be used to fabricate intricate 3D nanostructures widely employed in photonics and electronics
The Innoviz360 is designed for OEMs looking to achieve level 4-5 automation in applications such as robotaxis, shuttles, trucks, and delivery vehicles. (Image: Innoviz)
CES: Which photonics firms launched new automotive lidar tech?
07 January 2023
Solutions for autonomous driving and other sensing applications were presented at the Consumer Electronics Show 2023
NeuroLogica’s OmniTom Elite system is equipped with photon counting detectors to enable enhanced analysis of biological tissues (Image: NeuroLogica)
Photon counting tech to increase CT scan accuracy
06 January 2023
NeuroLogica’s OmniTom Elite PCD system, equipped with photon counting detectors, will be used by the University of Dundee to perform enhanced analysis of biological tissues
Application deadline approaches for photonics startup accelerator programme
05 January 2023
The Luminate programme supports startups, with direct investment, mentorship and access to investors and lab facilities
The Expanding Aperture Segmented Telescope will greatly extend China's optical astronomy capability. (Image: Peking University)
China to narrow 'astronomy gap' with eight-metre telescope by 2030
04 January 2023
The new instrument is intended to narrow the current gap in optical astronomy capability between China and the rest of the world
Dr Okky Daulay (left) and Professor David Marpaung (right) have overcome the performance challenges of programmable microwave photonic circuits. (Image: University of Twente)
Programmable photonic filter delivers 'record-breaking' dynamic range
03 January 2023
The filter represents a breakthrough in the integration of functionality and performance in radio frequency photonic signal processors
Image: Microsoft
Microsoft buys hollow-core fibre firm, Lumenisity
18 December 2022
The sale is expected to advance Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure
Energetiq’s Electrodeless Z-Pinch extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light sources emit light in the key 13.5nm region
Energetiq's new EUV business unit serves semiconductor space
17 December 2022
An R&D facility has also been established at the headquarters of its parent company, Hamamatsu Photonics, in Japan
Networking reception at the photonics investors meeting in Eindhoven
EPIC event connects investors with photonics firms
16 December 2022
Carlos Lee on finding the right kind of investors for funding photonics tech
The target chamber of LLNL’s National Ignition Facility, where 192 laser beams delivered more than 2 million joules of ultraviolet energy to a tiny fuel pellet to create fusion ignition
Lasers behind fusion breakthrough
13 December 2022
In the new milestone at NIF, giant pulsed lasers deliver energy of more than two million Joules of UV light precisely into a ~1cm long gold-coated cylinder
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Organoid imaged with Andor’s desktop confocal microscope system, the BC43. Credit: Andor
As microscopes become ever more powerful, a growing band of businesses are racing to make the latest technologies more accessible and more affordable, reports Rebecca Pool
Illustration of a three-dimensional crystal with various types of confining centres. (a) Crystal with four confining centres, each trapping waves (yellow) in all three dimensions simultaneously. (b) Crystal with a linear confining centre where waves can propagate in one dimension, analogous to an optical fibre. (c) Crystal with a planar confining centre where waves can propagate in two dimensions, analogous to a 2D electron gas. (Image: Vos et al.)
Newly discovered fundamental rules have been embedded into software to dramatically optimise the design of photonic integrated circuits
