From ray-traced training data to agentic AI for lens design, experts assessed where artificial intelligence is delivering results and where it still falls short. Researchers and industry experts ...

Professor Arrate Muñoz Barrutia of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. Photo: SPIE. A major turning point came in 2015, when U-Net achieved a striking improvement in whole-cell segmentation in ...

Teledyne FLIR’s OEM division has announced its selection under the US military’s so-called “Delivering Unmatched Thermal Capability Hastened” (DUTCH) initiative, for which it is set to develop compact ...

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 ...

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 ...

The development of display technologies has been driven by the ability to actively control light with ever-increasing spatial resolution and functionality. From liquid crystal panels to micromirror ...

Quintessent, the 2019 startup spun out from John Bowers’ photonics research laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), says it has raised $40 million in a series A round of ...

Higher power: LLNL has 3D-printed a transparent ceramic waveguide based on Yb:YAG. Graphic: Osborne et al/Lawrence Livermore National Lab. LLNL’s novel method uses direct ink write printing to address ...

Photonis Defense, a subsidiary of the French technology company Exosens with particular expertise in night-vision, has received its first delivery order from the US Army for systems procured under the ...

New funding: the Solinide team. Image courtesy of Solinide.