1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (470+ words) Laser Zentrum Hannover spin-off aiming to scale production as worries grow over airport attacks. The startup’s key development is a high-precision, ultrafast beam-steering system known as “Fastlight”, which is said to be capable of 2500 times faster operation than conventional systems…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (146+ words) For the development of laser beam scanning tech for AR/MR/VR devices and automotive applications. In addition to the strategic cooperation agreement, AAC Technologies has demonstrated its commitment to TriLite by leading the company’s latest financing round. The investment…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (537+ words) As patients increasingly turn to AI for medical insights, experts at last week’s San Diego meeting cautioned that clinical judgment still rest with humans. By By William G. Schulz 02 September 2026 Nonetheless, the first question posed to the panel took the…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (321+ words) According to a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) report, the site was previously home to a Campbell’s Soup factory. The state support represents a key portion of a wider finance package expected to total as much as CAD$390 million that has…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (487+ words) Venture support for spin-out from MIT and the University of Maryland follows selection by NASA for orbital debris tracking project. Diffraqtion, a startup company in Somerville, Massachusetts, working on novel camera technology, says it has raised $10 million in venture funding....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (114+ words) By by Matthew Peach in San Diego 25 August 2026 Prof. Liu, who received her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, has since worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, then as a Texas Instruments…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (445+ words) Herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) is known to be a potential factor in neurodegeneration and conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, but the exact mechanisms and metabolic consequences of infection are poorly defined. Tufts researchers grew human neurons in three-dimensional scaffolds that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (371+ words) Hollow-core waveguide enables efficient four-wave mixing by guiding light through a gas-filled core. Credit: H. Zhang et al. Quantum technologies promise secure communication networks, powerful forms of computing, and new sensing tools. One of the major challenges, however, is that different…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (269+ words) Higher power: LLNL has 3D-printed a transparent ceramic waveguide based on Yb:YAG. Graphic: Osborne et al/Lawrence Livermore National Lab. “With further development, this crystalline architecture could enable more than a tenfold increase in output power over glass fibers…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (323+ words) ETH Zurich project reveals more tell-tale internal crevasses than expected. ETH researcher Thomas Hudson camped overnight beside the Gorner Glacier, with Monte Rosa and the Dufourspitze (4,634 m) in the background. Image: Thomas Hudson / ETH Zurich. Crevasses are crucial to the stability…...