International society for optics and photonics raises the alarm to protect US Federal Funding.

“State-of-the-art plant” to manufacture of micro-optics for semiconductor sector.

New Visible Tunable Filter is fitted on the NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, in Hawaii.

SPRINTER project to develop wireless technology to replace “sluggish” industrial nets.

Portland State University and JPL platform tests ability of microorganisms to thrive in space.

...and Hamamatsu mass-produces “world’s first” terahertz wave detection modules.

Aim is to enable developers to improve products and add smart features with “one-stop-shop” photonics approach.

Arrangement gives access to incubation program to deliver expertise, as well as funding.

Discrepancy between manufacturers’ specifications and ISE measurements has increased, based on 70,000 tests since 2012.

Smaller and less expensive platform should assist biomedical research and renewable energy studies.

…and NASA launches SPHEREx and PUNCH to study solar system and Universe’s beginnings.

1250 mW of single-spatial mode power from a chip is highest output from one emitter, says Sydney firm.