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UK invests £100 million to boost five quantum hubs Aims include breakthrough tech developments in healthcare, cybersecurity and transport.WashU reveals details of amyloid aggregates Single-molecule localization microscopy assists understanding of neurodegenerative disease.NIST upgrades its UV calibration service for U.S. test clients
Previously, the dedicated lab was not optimized for critical UVC wavelength ranges for disinfection.Extended Reality Berlin Brandenburg and Fraunhofer HHI announce collaboration Video technologies project to focus on 3D, VR/AR/XR, and 3D video for diverse applications.Stemmer Imaging agrees private equity buyout Machine vision firm signs takeover deal with US-based MiddleGround Capital.British Army announces first on-vehicle trial of high-powered laser weapon Dstl, DE&S and industry have worked to develop capability “to prepare UK armed forces for the future”.Infrared spectroscopy allows population-level health screening Blood plasma testing from LMU and Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics detects chronic health conditions.LZH develops welding process for maritime manufacturing Multi-laser beam process can also join steel with plate thickness up to 30mm.Hesai boosted by Baidu robotaxi deal Chinese firm set to provide thousands of its lidar sensors, in an exclusive deal said to be worth as much as $300M.Eyewear giant to buy majority stake in OCT diagnostics pioneer Heidelberg EssilorLuxottica set to acquire an 80% shareholding in Heidelberg Engineering.AI-powered optical detection to thwart counterfeit chips Researchers from Purdue University have developed a robust optical anticounterfeit method for semiconductor devices.IR-MED receives funding for detection of diabetic foot ulcers
Grant from Israel Innovation Authority assists commercialization of spectrographic platform.Sales and orders down at Trumpf Preliminary figures indicate near-10% fall in order intake for second year in succession.Texas A&M innovates cellphone-based Raman spectrometer… …while Vanderbilt develops laser-based method for “liquid biopsies”.Geopolitical fears weigh on ASML Stock price drops from all-time high on speculation of new restrictions to activity in China.Silicon photonics promises large-scale applications in quantum information Centre for Nanosciences & Nanotech, France, Télécom Paris, and STMicro have “overcome previous limitations”.Trumpf and SiMa.ai partner on industrial lasers featuring AI Firms co-developing smart chips and software to improve welding, cutting and marking.Optical computer installed at UK National Quantum Computing Centre Infleqtion collaborates with NQCC on infrastructure for security, traffic management, and more.Halo wins $80M to scale laser process for silicon carbide substrates Stanford spin-out says it can halve the cost of semiconductor wafers on which high-efficiency power electronics are made.UCL laser printing creates sensors inside chicken embryos
Two-photon process creates elastic spring structures responding to physical forces during growth.