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02 Sep 15
Photonics Ireland unveils 'action plan'

Education minister calls for more than 100 PhD students to be trained in photonics by 2020 at Cork launch event.

19 Aug 15
Local tensions break out over AIM Photonics HQ

Legacy Tower building announced as the administrative center of the $600M effort by SUNY Polytechnic, amid concern over who exactly is in charge.

18 Aug 15
Proposals for AKL'16 laser award open

Biennial event offering prestige and €10,000 prize for industrial applications of lasers.

12 Aug 15
Optics+Photonics 2015: Intense focus on photovoltaics

Commercial and technical aspects of how to maximize returns from PV were under the microscope in San Diego.

11 Aug 15
American hub delivers hope for a competitive photonics sector

Core mission of AIM Photonics will be to serve DoD needs, but commercial benefits will emerge from a new economy of scale for integrated photonics.

10 Aug 15
Optics+Photonics 2015: Rosetta scientist fascinates with progress report

"Comet chaser" Artur Chmielewski, who helped land Philae on 67P, tells San Diego meeting about new plan to set orbiter down in 2016.

28 Jul 15
Joe Biden hails 'extraordinary potential' of photonics

US Vice President talks waveguides and quotes Bragg amid the fanfare of New York's country-spanning photonics innovation plan.

28 Jul 15
Optitec adapts to support photonics in south of France

Photonics cluster aims to be involved in entire value chain for companies across its region.

23 Jul 15
New York wins $220M photonics foundry race

US Department of Defense chooses Rochester-led consortium partnered by MIT and the University of Arizona.

21 Jul 15
New $100M alien search will hunt for laser transmissions

Stephen Hawking among a host of eminent scientists launching most comprehensive search for extra-terrestrial life ever undertaken.

16 Jul 15
Pluto close-up stuns NASA science team

Custom sensors from e2v technologies on board the New Horizons probe help capture extraordinary views of the dwarf planet.

09 Jul 15
M Squared Lasers wins IOP award for SolsTiS laser

Booming Glasgow laser developer recognized; other scanning and photonics UK firms also winners.

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