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3 Pocket-Sized Photonics Innovations Power MedTech to Atomic Clocks

3 Pocket-Sized Photonics Innovations Power MedTech to Atomic Clocks

Research teams at EPFL, Harvard, and UC San Diego each reported photonic devices that shrink or repurpose light-based hardware.


News Jun 22, 2026 by Luke James
Bending Light: How Optics Research Is Rewriting the Rules of Computing

Bending Light: How Optics Research Is Rewriting the Rules of Computing

Recent advances in photonics may boost the performance of LiDAR sensors, increase the resolution of image projection, and integrate energy harvesting and light emission into a single display.


News Jun 02, 2026 by Duane Benson
Light Research, Heavy Implications: LEDs for Medicine, Displays, & Optics

Light Research, Heavy Implications: LEDs for Medicine, Displays, & Optics

Recent research has pushed LED and OLED performance into new territory, from photothermal cancer therapy to nano-OLEDs capable of directional light control.


News Dec 16, 2025 by Luke James
Kawasaki Uses Hydrogen to Create Serious ‘Horse’-Power

Kawasaki Uses Hydrogen to Create Serious ‘Horse’-Power

The manufacturer envisions a rideable, hydrogen-powered robotic horse. Is this back to the future?


News May 02, 2025 by Kevin Clemens
Historical Engineers: Isamu Akasaki, Inventor of GaN-Based Blue LEDs

Historical Engineers: Isamu Akasaki, Inventor of GaN-Based Blue LEDs

Nobel prize winner Isamu Akasaki invented efficient blue light-emitting diodes, enabling bright, energy-efficient white light sources.


News Feb 21, 2025 by Luke James
Research Shorts: 5 Studies Make Headway in Lasers, Antennas, and Beyond

Research Shorts: 5 Studies Make Headway in Lasers, Antennas, and Beyond

From tunable metamaterials inspired by chameleons to radiation-resistant organic solar cells, these discoveries address critical challenges in fields like defense, space exploration, communication, and manufacturing.


News Feb 03, 2025 by Luke James
How Times Square’s New Year’s Eve Ball Got Its Sparkle

How Times Square’s New Year’s Eve Ball Got Its Sparkle

The Times Square Ball has come far from its first iron-and-wood model. Here's how the New Year's Eve icon has evolved over the past century.


News Dec 31, 2024 by Luke James
How Christmas Became Electrified: An Engineer’s Holiday Tale

How Christmas Became Electrified: An Engineer’s Holiday Tale

While the twinkling lights adorning Christmas trees and homes are a familiar sight at this time of year, their earliest iteration looked quite different than our modern LEDs.


News Dec 24, 2024 by Luke James
How the Bluetooth ESL Standard Aims to Replace Billions of Retail Paper Labels

How the Bluetooth ESL Standard Aims to Replace Billions of Retail Paper Labels

In this news analysis piece, Nathatisi examines the details of the Bluetooth SIG’s Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) standard and explores its significance.


News Feb 20, 2024 by Nthatisi Hlapisi
Quantum Dot Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Bringing Color to Nanotech

Quantum Dot Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Bringing Color to Nanotech

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three scientists whose quantum dot research has made display and lighting technology more colorful.


News Oct 16, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Saphlux Brightens AR/VR Micro-LED Displays With Nanoporous Quantum Dots

Saphlux Brightens AR/VR Micro-LED Displays With Nanoporous Quantum Dots

Using modified quantum dot technology, Saphlux says its new display prototype offers the best red micro-LED engine in the industry.


News Aug 23, 2023 by Jake Hertz
IEEE Certifies Li-Fi, the Light-based Communications Standard

IEEE Certifies Li-Fi, the Light-based Communications Standard

The IEEE has certified the first standard for Li-Fi, a high-speed digital communication standard in the infrared (IR), visual light, and ultraviolet (UV) spectrums.


News Jul 21, 2023 by Duane Benson
From Vegas’ Newest Attraction to Vehicle Displays, LEDs Make a Bright Impact

From Vegas’ Newest Attraction to Vehicle Displays, LEDs Make a Bright Impact

LEDs have come a long way from their first commercial form in the 60s. Now, this lighting technology is illuminating the driving experience and enabling stunning attractions in the world's flashiest city.


News Jul 14, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Metasurface Research Could Usurp LCDs as Flat Screen Technology

Metasurface Research Could Usurp LCDs as Flat Screen Technology

New research hopes to pave a path towards using metasurfaces as a display technology.


News Feb 27, 2023 by Jake Hertz
From New CAN Protocols to LED Arrays, LED Innovations Shine Bright

From New CAN Protocols to LED Arrays, LED Innovations Shine Bright

LEDs have come a long way since their inception in the 1960s at General Electric. Here is a roundup of three innovations in lighting technology.


News Dec 03, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Shining an LED Light on Historical Engineer Nick Holonyak Jr.

Shining an LED Light on Historical Engineer Nick Holonyak Jr.

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) paved the way for the full-spectrum lights and lasers used in a variety of today’s devices, and we have inventor Nick Holonyak to thank.


News Oct 05, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
MicroLED Devices Integrating Microlenses May Sharpen the AR Experience

MicroLED Devices Integrating Microlenses May Sharpen the AR Experience

MicroLED developer MICLEDI is getting even more granular with microLEDs—now, with integrated microlenses.


News Aug 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
From Collabs to Laser Modules—Efforts to Improve AR/VR Technology Keep on Rolling In

From Collabs to Laser Modules—Efforts to Improve AR/VR Technology Keep on Rolling In

Trying to keep the momentum building for AR/VR technology, Google targets a micro-LED company, Microsoft and Qualcomm teaming up, and ams OSRAM has a new laser module prototype.


News Apr 09, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Mojo Vision Keeps an Eye on the Future With Mojo Lens Prototype

Mojo Vision Keeps an Eye on the Future With Mojo Lens Prototype

Mojo Vision unveils an advanced prototype of its Mojo Lens——an augmented reality (AR) based contact lens that's packing eye-tracking technology and a digital display all in one.


News Apr 04, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Shining a Light on Solid-state Green LEDs: Could C-GaN Be the Answer?

Shining a Light on Solid-state Green LEDs: Could C-GaN Be the Answer?

High-efficiency, solid-state green LEDs remain an elusive goal for semiconductor manufacturers. Research funded by ARPA-E targets these LEDs using standard complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) processing tools.


News Mar 07, 2022 by Dale Wilson