Global economy headed for recession, smart phone output could drop 30% in H1 2020 – but many photonics companies dig in.

“Pro” cameras, LiDAR, motion sensors and its Liquid Retina display suit the iPad Pro to augmented reality applications.

Interactions between backside plastics, weather, environment and design thought to be speeding up degradation.

HELIOS system meets US Navy requirements; to be integrated on Arleigh Burke destroyer in 2021.

Canceled Strasbourg event is reborn online for April 6-10; other US SPIE events following suit.

Postponed conference and technology exhibition was due to take place at the end of March.

And 24 EU Member States are collaborating to develop quantum communications infrastructure across the continent.

But "the show will go on", says organizer OSA, offering alternative presentation and safety measures.

$3.2BN follow-up to James Webb Space Telescope still faces funding hurdle, with Trump administration again requesting termination.

Icy Moon Explorer to carry UVS developed by Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX.

Photonics21 reports that, post Brexit, UK partners can still join Horizon 2020 projects "at least until the end of this year".

BAE Systems-developed plane, which runs on GaAs solar cells and Li-ion batteries, could stay airborne for a year.