Optical technology provides full 360-degree views of a mobile handset user's surroundings.

"True-focus" optical functionality enhances hazardous area smartphone; on show at Mobile World Congress 2015.

Wellman Center paint-on dressing maps tissue oxygenation in wounds, burns and grafts.

Design flaws in original equipment see replacement of near-infrared detectors in three JWST instruments.

University at Buffalo probe improves image quality and also facilitates drug delivery.

$29.5M deal with US Office of Naval Research expected to result in 'exceptional accuracy' of new laser weapons on warships.

French startup says attraction is its silicon platform, which features "no moving parts".

Super-resolution microscope at UK site now said to be fully operational, while new ultrafast infrared laser is close to completion.

Northrop Grumman subsidiary Cutting Edge Optronics providing laser transmitter for airborne sensors.

Alcatel-Lucent and Vodafone report 400Gbit/s transmissions on 400km network; say “it demonstrates significant increase in ultra-broadband capacity.”

Enabling all-back-contact solar cells to be made at lower cost than conventional cells.

Fraunhofer IPMS scientists develop sensor for key 3–12 µm “chemical security” region.