Based on the UK company's quantum cascade laser technology, the spectroscopic scanner system detects explosive chemicals.

Replacing flashlamp-pumped systems with high-power diodes will both save energy and provide better welds in solar thermal collectors used to heat water.

Boeing subsidiary responds to growing competition and demand for commercial concentrated solar with updated triple-junction devices.

Start-up company developing all-glass lenses for concentrated photovoltaics is building a 100kW installation in Sicily.

Consortium launches business roundtable initiative to bring innovative SMEs and large defense integrators closer together.

A revolution in user interaction with TVs, games consoles and computers is under way, as developers such as in3Depth Systems bring gesture control to the masses.

Investment from IMAX and VCs shows faith that technology from Laser Light Engines points the way forward in digital cinema projection.

Mask-based UV technique is designed for fabricating advanced photonic devices, including nanowire LEDs and solar cells.

An Irish research team demonstrates the ability of the optical technique to distinguish between normal and abnormal cervical biopsies, potentially improving survival rates.

"Particular" targets industrial and medical applications of metallic nanoparticles produced with a Trumpf laser.

Northrop Grumman, lead contractor on the Maritime Laser Demonstrator project, says that the high-power solid-state system destroyed targets across the Potomac River.

Major funding for night vision devices, electro-optic sensors and IR countermeasures in the latest raft of US defense contracts.