Panel session talks highlight systematic advantages of welding with 450 nm diode sources.

US-based researchers find microscopic manufacturing flaws and suggest routes to improvement of welding and treatments.

Simple technique developed at Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, is "poised to expand applications", say developers.

Breakthrough system from NIST-led international group detects key wavelengths using photodiodes operating in the near-infrared.

Various new products and associated software will be on show at LASER World of Photonics event.

Developers at Kyushu University say organic laser diodes produce purer light; KOALA Tech established to commercialize.

Sensor developed by CHEQUERS consortium detects explosive, toxic and other dangerous materials in real time, designed for emergency personnel.

Quantum-secured keys distributed 100 times faster than previous field-test demonstrations, claim Beijing researchers.

MOONRISE project to take 3D-printing to the moon to build “village” and for space exlporation.

Fraunhofers HHI, IOF and partners working on 7-year QuNET mission for a “secure European data space and quantum optical internet.”

ICFO and DTU project upconverts mid-IR to near-IR for faster computer-assisted biopsy screening.

Chalmers University team believes new approach may widen access to advanced cancer therapy if fully developed.