Alliance between member society OSA and trade association OIDA to focus on lobbying government; memberships to remain separate entities.

Nine awards handed out at the glitzy Photonics West 2011 event represent the cutting edge in optics and photonics technologies.

Option exercised for contractor to build fourth geosynchronous satellite for the Space-Based Infared Systems program.

Photonics West attendees are invited to help shape the future direction of photonics through a new version of the seminal Harnessing Light report.

Your favorite articles included progress in laser fusion, implanted telescopes and new uses for forgotten laser materials.

As the competition hots up, new Osram Opto Semiconductors CEO Aldo Kamper says that the LED revolution is only just beginning.

European Commissioner Neelie Kroes will make a keynote address at the annual meeting of the Photonics21 European Technology Platform.

At the Cancún climate change summit, the United Nations says that it will develop a road-map detailing the global phase-out of inefficient lighting.

Leaked cable from 2009 shows Hillary Clinton believed that Sofradir's customer Zhejiang Dali Technology was selling imaging systems to Iran.

Hugo Thienpont explains how a new project will offer a risk-free micro-optics service to the commercial sector in Europe.

SPIE and Photonics Media announce short-list for awards night at Photonics West in January, with fiber laser and ultrafast technologies featuring among the nominations.

Team operating the giant laser system fired has a 1.3MJ ultraviolet beam at a substitute target and also set a new world record for neutron yield.