Rebecca Pool

Emerging single photon detector technologies are set to capture the vanishingly faint signals from Earth-like exoplanets.

Armed with sophisticated algorithms and thread-thin endoscopes, reproduction researchers are beginning to understand what really takes place inside one of the body’s most neglected organs

Microsoft, Google, Nvidia are planting deep roots in Britain that could erode U.K. control over data, infrastructure, and AI development.

The U.K. government’s investment in quantum computing is designed to bolster homegrown innovation and safeguard sovereignty.

Once a scientific curiosity, lanthanide-doped nanoparticles are transforming imaging, sensing, and diagnostics with luminescence that goes deeper, harms less, and reveals more.

As cars steer ever closer to autonomous driving, in-cabin monitoring systems are set to play a truly critical role in passenger safety.

Blueskeye AI is joined by a mix of startups and automotive Tier 1 suppliers to develop AI to provide insight into human behavior.

With a top speed of 40 km/h,, WeRide's driverless robobus has also reached roads in Valence, France, and at Zurich Airport.

Edging ever-closer to commercial power plants, laser fusion energy will bring ‘transformative’ opportunities for photonics markets far and wide, says Constantin Häfner of Fraunhofer Institute of Laser

Ultrafast electron microscopes are capturing movies of unspeakably fast phenomena, but how much further will scientists push the limits of their extraordinary instruments?

As the potential of combining edge AI with swarm intelligence becomes ever clearer, research is gathering pace.

As in-space servicing and manufacturing gathers momentum, Photonics West Plenary Hot Topic speaker and nanosatellite pioneer, Henry Helvajian, looks at the growing role of photonics out in orbit.

Late last year, Ukraine-based Swarmer secured $2.7 million to develop AI software that can control a swarm of reconnaissance and strike drones. Launched in July 2023, the defense-tech startup trialed its technology in Ukraine and has deployed it on…

China's Micius satellite and space-to-ground quantum link has touched off a global quantum space race.

Rebecca Pool explains how circular farming is set to cost-effectively feed the world without damaging the planet.

While Q.ANT has just started running an AI model on a photonic processor in the cloud, the German startup may one day harness its quantum technology to extend human capabilities.

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It’s been two years since the Connectivity Standards Alliance released Matter 1.0 to ensure smart-home products work together seamlessly. Has the standard stalled, or is it still breaking new ground? Back in 2019, tech giants Amazon, Apple, Google…

Earlier this year, Professor Lewys Jones and colleagues revealed their new approach to electron microscopy that drastically reduces the number of electrons required to image a sample. Jones - principal investigator of the Ultramicroscopy Group of…

A novel camera loaded with cutting-edge AI algorithms can detect cars and pedestrians around an autonomous vehicle 100× faster than current technology and with far less computational power, according to researchers who developed it at the University…