As quality improves in mid-tier price points, red dots will continue their red-hot domination of the optics industry in 2026.

Investors are likely reacting to the Rochester-based manufacturer's expanding footprint in the defense and aerospace sectors.

Above: A Von Karman vortex street downwind of the Canary Island chain in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa on Feb. 27, 2015. Image credit: NASA Worldview. Editor's note: Meteorologist ...

Quantum optics is the study of how individual quanta of light, known as photons, interact with atoms and molecules. This includes studying the particle-like properties of photons. Photons have been ...