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Photonics Hot List: January 17, 2025

Jan. 17, 2025

In this episode: A bio tagging tool illuminates RNA, a quasicrystal design boosts telecom, and the latest photonics mergers and acquisitions.

Justine Murphy

RNA is crucial to proper cell function, but exactly how it acts inside those cells has been a mystery. Now, researchers in California—in a study published in Nature Communications—have designed a way to see them using bioluminescence.

Researchers in Finland have developed an approach for creating light vortices via quasicrystal design. In research featured in Nature Communications, the team details how their process could significantly enhance telecommunications.

Recent mergers—including Thorlabs’ acquisition of Praevium Research, and the pairing of Exail and Leukos—promise to boost technology advancements and developments.

About the Author

Justine Murphy | Multimedia Director, Digital Infrastructure

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.