UCF demonstrates “fastest ever light pulse”, a 53-attosecond X-ray flash, beating its own 67-attosecond EUV burst, set in 2012.

Innovate UK-funded DiLaN partnership is using nano-imprint lithography to develop sources for next-gen comms.

Neurotechnology hubs at Cornell, Columbia, Stanford, Brown and other universities funded via latest BRAIN scheme.

Wider field-of-view single-lens platform could enhance suitability for several applications.

Research institute CEA-Leti says FP7 project PLAT4M has achieved “better than expected” results.

Teams at Stanford, Dallas Solar and Energy Materials Corporation all win substantial backing in $46M round.

Companies will match research council funding over five years to develop silicon photonics and compact super-resolution microscopes.

Video game technique encodes 3D images into wafer-thin surfaces; method could benefit phone cameras, TV screens, security.

'VIVODOTS' project backed by Innovate UK funding and involves University College London academic team.

...while Braunschweig's PTB claims to have made “sharpest laser ever”.

New Oslux design combines a cool-white and warm-white emitter under a single lens.

High-energy laser weapon developed with Raytheon tested on board Apache AH-64.