Paul Corkum shares secrets from the attosecond frontier during opening plenary at SPIE Optics+Photonics.

CMOS-based 'WISPR' instrument will take close-up photos of the Sun's corona with CCD-like performance.

Pioneering Stanford University researcher will receive prestigious Zukunftspreis at awards ceremony next month.

€100,000 in prizes for novel laser developments will be distributed at ceremony at Trumpf HQ in September.

Maxar acquires Neptec Design Group; Teledyne e2v develops sensor for small satellites; Emcore launches compact new gyro.

Following last year's devastating fire, Fraunhofer ISE's R&D center is reborn and pushing for resumption of European solar cell manufacture.

Lawrence Livermore laser team beats previous best of 1.9 MJ, set more than six years ago.

Tipped for a future Nobel prize, the University of Ottawa professor has landed the Institute of Physics' highest accolade.

Details technical objectives and investment totalling $650 million over next five years; program welcomed by SPIE.

'First shot' ceremony for LLNL-built laser system capable of producing a rapid stream of ultra-high-power pulses.

Teledyne-operated, DLR-built kit operates at 235 wavelength channels across the visible and near-infrared spectrum.

Independent Review Board commits JWST to later launch date of 2021, as costs rocket to $9.7 billion.