Using unique nanoparticles that convert laser light into useful information, Rice University scientists have created the world's first nano-sized pH meter.

Using RGB LEDs as light sources, Sony has developed the world's smallest LED projector, according to an article on New Launches website

The fiber-optic market for European broadband access networks will increase with a CAGR of 49%, from $950 million in 2005 to $7.05 billion in 2010.

NL Nanosemiconductor (Germany) has announced a breakthrough achievement in the realization of a laser chip which will enable cost-effective WDM solutions for optical communications.

Researchers at Clemson University, US, have made polymer-coated carbon nanoparticles that photoluminesce.

SEEDA's funding injection of £215,000 - which raises the project's development capital to £450,000 - will aid the commercialisation of a practical method of mass-producing revolutionary materials such as carbon nanotubes.

Twenty-five scientists from academia and industry gave workshops, lectures and laboratory demonstrations during the first summer school on Optical, Photonic and Electronic Materials last week at UCF.