In this episode: Gas monitoring via existing optical fiber networks, call for 2025 Innovators Awards entries, the latest business moves, and a light-based system cools data centers.
Precise, accurate, and continuous monitoring of gases like carbon dioxide and methane is crucial as we work to combat the effects of climate change and ever-progressing air pollution. Recognizing this, a new European Commission-funded initiative could turn existing optical fiber telecommunications networks into a large-scale distributed sensor.
Business news roundup: Ayar Labs is expanding its leadership team, as well as its presence in the U.S. and worldwide. And Gooch & Housego has launched an innovation hub for life sciences aimed at supporting high-volume medical consumables production and medical technology innovation.
Researchers are now exploring laser-based photonic cooling to regulate the temperature of high-density processors, while also lowering power consumption. This could ultimately boost the efficiency of conventional cooling systems in existing data centers.
Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
