The European Commission will not be funding many “science for the sake of science” photonics projects in Horizon 2020.

Fianium, Laser Quantum and Edinburgh Instruments among the latest winners for innovation and enterprise.

Belgian collaboration releases open-source software to help design complex photomasks for photonics circuits.

Panel discussion at Photonics21's annual meeting considers how to boost photonics sector prospects.

Swiss institution with a strong focus on technology transfer aims to turn scientists and engineers into entrepreneurs.

Network of continental research centers gather in Slovakia to plan high power laser collaborations.

The event that aims to connect start-ups with suitable investors will return to Bordeaux at the end of the year.

Photonics21 annual meeting hears of progress in photonics as a Key Enabling Technology, and plans to elect a new president by September.

No 'technology and innovation center' dedicated to UK photonics, but £10 M will be re-allocated to a new support program.

Seasoned photonics industry executive and now president of IDEX's optics and photonics business, Mike Cumbo talks exclusively to optics.org.

ACTMOST project to help SMEs access top-level expertise will prove influential in Europe, says co-ordinator Hugo Thienpont.

But the stock prices of Suntech, Trina and Yingli all rise sharply after a preliminary determination applies only a small tariff rate.