In this episode: Researchers design scalable solar panels for recycling plastics, this week's photonics business news, and an ultrablack coating combats light pollution.
A new scalable approach to designing solar panels could ultimately convert plastic waste into clean hydrogren fuel and energy.
Optica has announced the 2026 Optica i4 Corporate Achievement Prize, and The Partner Companies has named a new group president for its Optical Solutions Group.
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.
