In the first issue of AOS News for 2017 we have a report on the 2016 AOS WH Beattie Steel Medal presentation to Tony Klein as well as news of a new initiative looking to increase female engagement in science. There is an item about imaging low earth-orbit satellites as well as a report on bioinspired photonic nanomaterials and the exciting possibilities these bring. Our ‘Optics in Everyday Life’ section looks at the history of ring lasers.

AOS News Apr 2017.pdf