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  Beyond timekeeping: How daylight saving time affects your well-being

  Tuesday 10 October 2023

  Thanks to the twice-yearly switch between BST and GMT, we find ourselves thrown from our usual sleeping pattern and forced to live life an hour out of step.

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• Beyond timekeeping: How daylight saving time affects your well-being

  10 Oct 2023
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  The history of lighting at Wimbledon: A tale of illumination, innovation, and tradition

  Wednesday 28 June 2023

  The atmosphere surrounding Wimbledon is a blend of tradition, sporting excellence, and awe-inspiring spectacle, all nestled in the heart of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

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• The history of lighting at Wimbledon: A tale of illumination, innovation, and tradition

  28 Jun 2023
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  Laser-powered headlights – a brilliant solution to a dangerous problem

  Friday 03 February 2023

  One of the first exciting lighting innovations of 2023 has arrived, with the opportunity to revolutionise automotive lighting.

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• Laser-powered headlights – a brilliant solution to a dangerous problem

  3 Feb 2023
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  EU fails to close lighting liability loophole, but defends the right to repair

  Monday 01 August 2022

  The latest of the European Union’s sustainable lighting initiatives have begun to take effect and impact the global lighting industry.

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• EU fails to close lighting liability loophole, but defends the right to repair

  1 Aug 2022
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  Could light be the solution to the world food crisis?

  Friday 01 July 2022

  If the 21st Century has told us anything, it is that there is far more to light than meets the eye.

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• Could light be the solution to the world food crisis?

  1 Jul 2022
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  Tallow candles, Arc Lamps and LEDs - What do you know about the history of lighting?

  Tuesday 07 June 2022

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• Tallow candles, Arc Lamps and LEDs - What do you know about the history of lighting?

  7 Jun 2022
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  How do lights make Vertical-Indoor Farms possible?

  Friday 29 April 2022

  Indoor vertical farms are a remarkable development in agriculture, which make year-round farming within urban landscapes possible.

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• How do lights make Vertical-Indoor Farms possible?

  29 Apr 2022
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  Glowing plants - The greenest path to sustainable lighting

  Wednesday 09 March 2022

  Glowing plants have grown 10x brighter in just five years. All they require are advanced nanobionics, photonic capacitors and new, powerful phosphors. Don’t worry - we’ll explain.

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• Glowing plants - The greenest path to sustainable lighting

  9 Mar 2022
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  How does light in a virtual reality headset work?

  Tuesday 02 November 2021

  Many technology-fearing films from the 1990s projected that virtual-reality technologies would become a daily part of our lives and would inform wide societal changes.

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• How does light in a virtual reality headset work?

  2 Nov 2021
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  Light Pollution Affects Species of British Moths

  Tuesday 07 September 2021

  A study on moth populations shows a cataclysmic decline across certain moth populations. Is light pollution the cause?

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• Light Pollution Affects Species of British Moths

  7 Sep 2021
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  Green light is shown to reduce migraine frequency and intensity

  Thursday 29 July 2021

  A recent study has discovered that exposing migraine sufferers to a narrow band of green light significantly reduces light sensitivity and headache severity.

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• Green light is shown to reduce migraine frequency and intensity

  29 Jul 2021
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  Lights, camera, atmosphere! How lighting conveys emotion in movies

  Thursday 06 May 2021

  Lighting is an excellent communicator that enables filmmakers to speak to us, the audience, more effectively. It creates a visual mood and sense of meaning in ways that we may not ever have realised when watching our favourite films.

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• Lights, camera, atmosphere! How lighting conveys emotion in movies

  6 May 2021