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Nick Holonyak Jr., Pioneer of LED Lighting, Is Dead at 93

Much of our life today depends on lighting and other products that incorporate light-emitting diodes (LEDs). From the lights that illuminate our homes to high-definition televisions and monitors, phones, comput... Read More...

Storing Light In An Integrated Circuit

Scientists from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied science have created a way to store light in an integrated circuit.

New Materials That Move In Response to Light

Scientists from Tufts have created a new type of material that moves in response to light.

Demonstrating the “Quantized Magneto-electric Effect”

A new demonstration on the quantized magneto-electric effect could change the way scientists understand and measure natural constants.

New Research Challenges Basic Assumptions of Electromagnetic Radiation

A shocking scientific discovery has overturned much of what we thought we knew about electromagnetic radiation, and created a whole new world of potential power.

Researchers Find Reducing Power to a Laser Could Increase Output

A new method to carefully restrict the power delivered to specific areas within a laser could lead to improvements in the laser’s output by many orders of magnitude. A research team at Princeton Universi... Read More...

App Turns Smartphone into High-Energy Particle Detector

A physicist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison developed an app that allows a smartphone to capture light particles, called muons, when cosmic rays crash into the Earth’s atmosphere. The app uses the ... Read More...

‘Meta Mirror” Invented by University of Texas at Austin Researchers

A new thin-film, nonlinear metasurface was produced by Cockrell School of Engineering researchers that could improve the development of nonlinear laser systems.

Emergency Lights Recalled Due to Fire Hazard

Lithonia Lighting has announced the recall of approximately 1.7 million units of its Quantum-brand two-light emergency light fixtures. The fixtures were manufactured in Mexico and imported into the U.S. by Acui... Read More...

LED candelabra light bulbs recalled due to overheating

The Infinity Green Company of Los Angeles, CA is recalling about 2000 candelabra-shaped LED light bulbs manufactured in China. The company reports that the light bulbs can overheat and catch fire, posing a fire... Read More...

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