Tuned lighting helps older adults get a good night’s sleep
Tuned LED lighting that changes color and intensity over the course of a day and night helps older adults in nursing homes get a better night's sleep.
Oct. 7, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: sleep nursing-homes light older-adults health-and-medicine led
What the world can learn from clean energy transitions in India, China and Brazil
Our research identified three key lessons.
Oct. 2, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: china brazil solar-power india energy-transition biofuel ethanol clean-energy leds solar-photovoltaics
How a new solar and lighting technology could propel a renewable energy transformation
Halide perovskites are cheap, versatile and remarkably efficient as both solar cells and light emitters.
Sept. 1, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: chemistry energy solar-power interdisciplinarity climate-crisis solar-panels leds
How new solar and lighting technology could propel a renewable energy transformation
Halide perovskites are cheap, versatile and remarkably efficient as both solar cells and light emitters.
Sept. 1, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: chemistry energy solar-power interdisciplinarity climate-crisis solar-panels leds
Method gets LEDs to act more like lasers
"Nobody had engineered a way to control the emission of light from an LED into a single direction."
June 8, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: nanotechnology lasers light materials-science science-and-technology led metamaterial
Special UV lights could kill coronavirus on surfaces
Researchers are working on UV LED lights that could rid surfaces, and potentially air and water, of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
April 15, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: covid-19 light materials-science viruses health-and-medicine led
QLED tech aims light one way to up TV energy efficiency
New tech could cut down on the light scattered inside current quantum dot light emitting diode (QLED) screens, making them way more energy efficient.
Jan. 22, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: quantum-dots electronics light science-and-technology led
Edible security tags on pills could fight fake drugs
Putting edible tags made of proteins on pills could help fight back against counterfeit drugs, which claim thousands of lives each year.
Jan. 21, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: security proteins featured health-and-medicine medications led crimes
Standards would boost efficiency of LED lighting in greenhouses
LED lighting in greenhouses enhance plant growth but researchers say standards could make them even more effective.
Jan. 9, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: electricity plants light crops earth-and-environment led
Thin films could make solar panels better and cheaper
A new kind of semiconductor made from barium zirconium sulfide instead of silicon could pave the way for better solar panels, LEDs, and sensors.
Dec. 26, 2019 • ~4 min
Tags: solar-cells electronics materials-science renewable-energy science-and-technology led
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