Optical technology will supplement or replace wired fieldbus or Ethernet systems; to be demonstrated at ECOC 2016.

Hitachi and RIKEN platform allows observation using light and scanning electron microscopies.

Bangor and Oxford Universities enhance optical microscope with lens from natural world.

CSIC project allows the effects of artificial lenses to be tested before surgery.

French team makes systematic comparison of natural and prosthetic activation of visual cortex in rats.

Installing a JenLas femto 16 source in Raylase Laser Technology’s lab offers new opportunities in the country.

New actuator concept from Fraunhofer IOF could allow the E-ELT to see more clearly.

'OSIRIS-REx' craft featuring lidar, optical spectroscopy and near-IR imaging kit will also return sample to Earth for analysis.

Microsoft’s 'Azure' cloud business among first customers as technology platform is commercialized after 16 years in development.

Problems with stray light and iced-up optics in two years since galaxy-mapping satellite began its survey.

Bangor University develops high-index all-dielectric lens able to work with visible light.

Technique from NIBIB captures previously neglected light in wide-field and light-sheet operation.