Research project in which moondust is laser-melted under lunar conditions suggests moon-based manufacturing is feasible.

Max-Planck and Fraunhofer ILT create the hard-yet-tough "sword steel" crystal structure; suited to various applications in industry.

Group including Delft University of Technology simplifies adoption of adaptive techniques.

Team from Vienna, Milan, Harvard and Yale universities create frequency combs with quantum cascade lasers.

Development under recently completed COSMICC effort said to meet both cost and power reduction demands.

University of Auckland project lowers light power needed when imaging sensitive organs.

Developers says their design for this precision "optical rule" could revolutionize clocks, telescopes, telecoms.

Mission to filter sunlight in earth’s surroundings to monitor damage to the ozone layer.

Stanford University technique pinpoints proteins within bacterial cells.

Chalmers University of Technology technique offers easier route to metalens manufacture.

Technique developed at Lehigh Center for Photonics and Nanoelectronics, boosts output of single-mode sources.

New technique could assist in diagnosis of cancer and other diseases.