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
Photonics West industry update paints a positive outlook. Matthew Dale reports
Spectroradiometry can help producers and users ensure UV-based virus-fighting equipment really works, finds Andy Extance
The coinciding conference, World of Photonics Congress, will be held in a digital format on the original dates of 20–24 June
In this overview, we explore the optical sensing tools and techniques available from Ocean Insight for virus detection. Our focus? Rapid testing and screening for viruses including COVID-19.
Trumpf headquarters in Ditzingen, Germany
The group's sales revenues fell by 8 per cent, and its order intake by 11 per cent
There is no replacement for in-person events, says Carlos Lee, but there are many reasons to be cautious
The event will take place 6-11 March 2021, in San Francisco's Moscone Center
The authors suggest that placing UVC light sources at ventilation systems and rooms not in use, without direct optical paths to humans, helps reduce virus propagation. Credit: Nacho Gaubert
A study involved experts in the fields of virology, immunology, aerosols, architecture, and physics, analyse possible methods to prevent Sars-Cov-2 propagation indoors
The technology uses laser interferometry to detect proteins such as procalcitonin, which increases in blood during a bacterial infection
Advances in optical metrology equipment are helping the semiconductor industry increase productivity and reduce downtime, finds Keely Portway
Andy Extance finds the pains and gains of laser light’s different behaviour in water for oceanographers using lidar
Carlos Lee, Epic’s director general, talks to Martina Mueller, CEO of 3D AG, a Swiss company specialising in micro and nanotechnology and holographic structures
David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, discusses whether these two seemingly different career paths can successfully overlap
Matthew Dale reports on the association’s yearly event, where the importance of diversity, photonics funding and investment were to the fore
Géraldine Andrieux, at Blumorpho, shares her top tips on getting investors’ attention as a startup
Scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral-imaging system for medical diagnostics
A metaform is a new optical component that can combine with freeform optics to enable compact AR/VR headsets and eyewear. (Image: University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw)
Researchers have combined freeform optics and a metasurface to deliver high-quality AR/VR glasses that are compact and easy to wear
