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26 Feb 26
Low-cost sulfur lens enables cheaper IR thermal imaging cameras

Development by Flinders University could cut need for costly lenses based on silicon and rare earths.

26 Feb 26
Fraunhofer CAP team develops laser tech to detect hydrogen leaks from distance

Working with UK nuclear industry, to address safety challenges posed by H2 storage.

26 Feb 26
Innoviz sales up as key customers ramp autonomous platforms

Israeli lidar firm benefiting from what it sees as a transformational shift to 'physical AI'.

25 Feb 26
Hair-width LEDs could eventually replace lasers – UCSB researcher

Suiting applications from transferring data in servers to powering displays.

25 Feb 26
U.S. Navy approves Raytheon’s StormBreaker ‘smart’ weapon for Super Hornets

“Tri-mode” seeker – laser, infrared, and mm wave radar – enables missile to strike targets in all weathers.

25 Feb 26
Exosens confident of double-digit annual growth in strong defense market

French electro-optics firm enjoying robust demand for image intensifier tubes critical to night vision applications.

25 Feb 26
CEA demonstrates ‘dynamically-routed’ optical router for photonic interposers

ISSCC 2026 presentation shows 28 nm CMOS router achieving 18 ns frame-level path setup.

25 Feb 26
Brain blood flow and oxygenation offer new signs of early Alzheimer's risk

Stevens INI uses near-IR and ultrasound to study links between hemodynamics and disease.

25 Feb 26
Myrias Optics closes $2.1M seed round

University of Massachusetts Amherst spin-out is working to scale production of wafer-level metaoptics.

24 Feb 26
Shenzhen University sensor detects molecular signs of cancer in the blood

Light-based device uses quantum dots to spot ultra-low biomarker levels.

23 Feb 26
Taara launching photonics communications platform for high-speed internet

Silicon photonics-based approach to make its debut at MWC 2026 in Barcelona.

19 Feb 26
Masimo agrees $10BN Danaher switch

Developer of optical pulse oximetry devices for blood oxygen monitoring to join Danaher's diagnostics segment.

 
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