Raleigh, NC--Researchers from North Carolina and Japan have developed a more-efficient UV LED potentially useful in sterilization of bacteria and viruses.

Trenton, NJ--Princeton Instruments has introduced a new toroidal-mirror-based imaging spectrograph that includes a Schmidt corrector in its optics, completely eliminating astigmatism across the field.

University of Illinois researchers have developed a technique to computationally correct for aberrations, enabling higher-quality images and 3D datasets in real-time imaging applications such as image-guided surgery.

Washington, DC--Next year's Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), held annually in San Jose, CA, will take place in June rather than its usual May, moving to June 9–14, 2013.

Kingston, ON, Canada--Medical and physics experts from Queen's University have developed a technique that significantly improves laser accuracy.

Researchers at the Materials Technology Institute of the National Research Council have developed a microscopy system that could diagnose malaria much faster and with greater accuracy.

Tampere, Finland and San Jose, CA--Laser diode manufacturer Modulight designed, integrated, and CE certified a medical laser system for PCI Biotech for a novel cancer therapy process.

Dunedin, FL--Ocean Optics and Tornado Medical Systems formed a co-development partnership for spectrometers based on Tornado's High Throughput Virtual Slit technology.

Rochester, NY--Fluorescence microscope users and optical instrument designers can predetermine the optimal fluorophore, light source, detector, and optical filters through Semrock's free SearchLight tool.

Hopedale, MA and Boise, ID--Piezosystem Jena and Focal Point announced a new partnership to deliver turnkey autofocus systems for high-speed metrology and biological imaging applications.