A vein viewing system, a MEMS spectrometer and a terahertz scanner feature among the shortlisted entries.

Scheme will train students in photovoltaics, integrated photonics, metamaterials, additive manufacturing and graphene applications.

Startup Challenge applications for the February 2014 event are due December 1.

Vince Cable cuts ribbon on new manufacturing capacity at the growing company’s Torquay site.

Houston, Texas-based gas detection camera developer recognized just four years after launching.

EPIC meeting identifies strengths of UK but concludes greater integration and ambition still needed.

Publication is one of three new journals being launched by the society.

Dave Clark, also a visiting professor at the Institute of Photonics, joins from Thales Optronics.

Switch from DC to southern California sees all 19 competing houses generate excess energy.

French physicist receives award for quantum entanglement work, part of which resolved a historic debate between Einstein and Bohr.

University of Cambridge's Craig Mackay is working on adaptive optics for large ground-based telescopes.

New model predicts the strength of critical components used in telescopes and lithography systems more accurately.