NXP demonstrates groundbreaking solar street lighting solution at CES 2012
NXP Semiconductors announced that it has developed an innovative, sustainable and highly efficient solar-powered street lighting solution, together with Philips Lighting. The groundbreaking Solar Gen2...
View ArticleGoodbye, fluorescent light bulbs: New lighting technology won't flicker,...
Say goodbye to that annoying buzz created by overhead fluorescent light bulbs in your office. Scientists at Wake Forest University have developed a flicker-free, shatterproof alternative for...
View ArticleLighting the way to the future
The highly inefficient incandescent light bulb is now a thing of the past, banned from European supermarket shelves in favour of more efficient lighting. The ban is part of the EU's strategy to reduce...
View ArticleLiquid-OLED Offers More Light-Emitting Possibilities
(PhysOrg.com) -- As organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are poised to go mainstream in the near future, scientists continue to explore new twists on the technology. Recently, researchers have...
View ArticleNew super strong alloy discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- International team of researchers has discovered a new super-strength light alloy and had their key findings published in Nature Communications.
View ArticleWatching particles' jekyll-to-hyde transformation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether a common atmospheric particle stays in a stable form or twists into something else depends on the amount of water it encounters in the atmosphere, according to scientists at...
View ArticleLight vortex: Circularly polarized luminescence from a stirred and gelled...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Simple stirring can influence light, according to a report presented in the journal Angewandte Chemie by Kunihiko Okano and co-workers. Dye molecules locked in a gel send out helical...
View ArticleDeveloping sustainable power
The invention of a long-lasting incandescent light bulb in the 19th century spurred on the second wave of the industrial revolution, illuminating homes, extending leisure time and bringing us to the...
View ArticleResearchers find retinal rods able to detect photon number distribution
(Phys.org)—The eye, whether in humans or other animals, is truly one of nature's most sophisticated advancements, able to convert light into signals the brain can interpret as imagery, all in real...
View ArticleBiochemistry: New technique to study interaction of metal ions in a liquid
In August, the members of an ISOLDE project called LOI88 successfully employed a new technique to study the interaction of metal ions in a liquid. It's the first time that specific ions have been...
View ArticleResearch team discovers new way to make near perfect light absorber
(Phys.org)—An international research team led by David Smith of Duke University has created a new type of light absorbing material that is far cheaper to make than conventional methods. They describe...
View ArticleCapturing light in an efficient dye trap
Chemical compounds that can efficiently capture and convert light energy are in high demand as key components of inexpensive solar cells and advanced optical sensors. Carbon-based organic dyes are...
View ArticleLight-carved 'nano-volcanoes' hold promise for drug delivery
(Phys.org) —Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a method for creating "nano-volcanoes" by shining various colors of light through a nanoscale "crystal ball" made of a...
View ArticleA microphone that listens with light
A sensor developed in Norway gives microphones hyper-acute hearing and a sense of direction.
View ArticleUsing gold and light to study molecules in water
Thanks to a new device that is the size of a human hair, it is now possible to detect molecules in a liquid solution and observe their interactions. This is of major interest for the scientific...
View ArticleRibosome research takes shape
In a new state-of-the-art lab at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, components of ribosomes – tiny biological machines that make new proteins and play a vital role in gene expression and antibiotic...
View ArticleSafe navigation for visually impaired persons
Blind and visually impaired persons find it very difficult to move about in unknown environments. The white canes used by them are still the preferred tools for orientation. The project "A Mobility and...
View ArticleIn water as in love, likes can attract
(Phys.org) —At some point in elementary school you were shown that opposite charges attract and like charges repel. This is a universal scientific truth – except when it isn't. A research team led by...
View ArticleDrawing and writing in liquid with light (w/ Video)
University of Helsinki researchers have manufactured photochemically active polymers which can be dissolved in water or certain alcohols. The new soluble, photosensitive polymer was created by doctoral...
View ArticleShedding light on the formation of nanodroplets in aqueous solutions of polar...
A team of researchers in Russia worked together to shed new light on the heterogeneous nature of a polar organic liquid mixed with water. They used laser light as a tool in two ways, dynamic light...
View ArticleFlexible optical sensors to control the quality of beverages and...
Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have developed an innovative optical sensor using conventional tape, a low-cost and flexible material that can be easily acquired at stationery...
View ArticleFirst luminescent molecular system with a lower critical solution temperature
Depending on their solubility, solids can completely dissolve in liquids to form clear solutions, or form suspensions that still contain undissolved solid. Solutions of polymers often have a lower...
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