San Francisco, CA--Laser Focus World attempted to capture the essence of some of the best showings on both the BiOS and Photonics West 2012 exhibit floors.

For FY 2013, the Pentagon has proposed deep cuts to the budget for military lasers and directed-energy weapons, slashing the total by approximately 33% from FY 2012.

Davis, CA--Scientists from the U.S., Mexico, and China used differential LIDAR to report the most comprehensive 3D before-and-after pictures yet of an earthquake zone.

Corning, NY--Corning and Samsung signed an agreement to establish a new equity venture for the manufacture of specialty glass substrates for the OLED device market.

Tokyo, Japan--A new stacked CMOS architecture that layers pixels and circuits has been developed by Sony for improved performance and smaller size.