LIGO pioneer also makes political point about evidence-based reasoning in highly entertaining press conference.

World's optical fiber innovator and current largest manufacturer "plans to maintain its leading position".

Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish recognized for 'truly remarkable' achievement.

Launch date for what will become the most powerful telescope in space moved from October 2018 to mid-2019.

Recent upgrade of Virgo interferometer in Italy enables triangulation of cosmic event’s position.

12,000m² innovation center to forge closer links between academia and industry, and provide a new home for photonics spin-out Nanoscribe.

Trumpf’s Peter Leibinger and Hamamatsu chief Akira Hiruma confirmed as presenters for anniversary black-tie event in San Francisco.

Imperial launched its groundbreaking courses into the science of light just a year after Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity was published.

New tech center showcases interaction between people, machines, automation, software and Industry 4.0 solutions.

Key aims are to leverage region’s advantages in optics technologies and to attract new business.

Near Infra Red Planet Searcher to be installed on the 3.6m telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile.

SPIE photonics conferences in Warsaw expect at least 1,000 engineers, scientists, policy makers, and program managers from 40 countries.