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Chinese pollution dramatically reducing solar power output
Wednesday 22 November 2017Much has been written recently about China’s high-speed implementation of solar energy production, with predicted installations in 2017 alone capable of dealing with half total global demand.
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Chinese pollution dramatically reducing solar power output
22 Nov 2017 -
How the Sea could hold the key to cheaper solar power
Thursday 16 November 2017Diatoms – tiny algae that are found naturally throughout our oceans – demonstrate an extraordinary ability to trap and scatter light.
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How the Sea could hold the key to cheaper solar power
16 Nov 2017 -
Scientists on the verge of a real “invisibility cloak”
Tuesday 26 September 2017Harry Potter beware! Hard though it may seem to believe, Austrian boffins believe they have developed a technique for projecting light waves right through solid material.
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Scientists on the verge of a real “invisibility cloak”
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New LED technology improves pedestrian safety
Thursday 31 August 2017There are more than 10,000 accidents related to traffic every year in Singapore – a great many involving smartphone users. Advanced LED strips have been placed on the path near the edge of two very busy crossings picked to be part of a trial in an attemp
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New LED technology improves pedestrian safety
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Artificial light puts night-time pollination at risk
Tuesday 15 August 2017The use of artificial light at night is spreading rapidly through the world, expanding by an estimated 6% every year.
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Artificial light puts night-time pollination at risk
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A shining light in the battle against cancer
Thursday 25 May 2017Using tiny remote-triggered LED chips, a team at the University of Rochester have discovered a form of immunotherapy which could change the way cancer is treated.
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A shining light in the battle against cancer
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Light flashes from earth can now be explained say NASA
Tuesday 23 May 2017It all started when NASA scientist Alexander Marshak spotted a pale blue twinkling dot on images sent back from a weather satellite launched in 2015. Long term observation revealed hundreds of instances of the flashing light over a period of a year, many
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Light flashes from earth can now be explained say NASA
23 May 2017 -
New study suggest strobe lighting may help with Alzheimer’s
Thursday 13 April 2017In many ways we are only just beginning to appreciate the healing properties of light. Just a few weeks after the news that light therapy presents a viable treatment for early prostate cancer, scientists have now revealed that early stage research on mice
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New study suggest strobe lighting may help with Alzheimer’s
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Does your home lighting suit your eyes?
Tuesday 11 April 2017We’ve all bumped into things at home. But how often is the cause related to your eyesight? And how could home lighting improve the situation?
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Does your home lighting suit your eyes?
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Will LED kill the romance of Rome?
Monday 10 April 2017Plans to replace Rome’s moody yellow sodium lamps with eco-efficient LEDs which emit bright white light will destroy the Eternal City’s romantic ambience. Such is the claim of locals and heritage groups who are mounting spirited opposition to the scheme.
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Will LED kill the romance of Rome?
10 Apr 2017 -
Is smart lighting a hacker’s dream?
Wednesday 18 January 2017Over the past few year, smart lighting has become a byword for home energy efficiency.
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Is smart lighting a hacker’s dream?
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Light therapy proves effective in early prostate cancer treatment
Tuesday 17 January 2017Coming hard on the tail of the news that photoimmunotherapy (PIT) may represent an option for those with head and neck cancer trial results have now been published which suggest that light therapy may also provide an option for those suffering from low...
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Light therapy proves effective in early prostate cancer treatment
17 Jan 2017
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