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27-07-2018 Inelastic electron tunnelling for new light emitting devices

The bow-tie-shaped plasmonic nanostructure described in a paper titled "Efficient light generation from enhanced inelastic electron tunnelling" published in Nature Photonics consists of two single...

20-07-2018 Hospital uses circadian lights to set sleep-wake cycle

MAJOR hospital has installed so-called circadian lighting to set the sleep-wake cycles of patients. The lighting at the Medical Behavioural Unit at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia changes...

10-07-2018 Model Regulation Guidelines for Conventional Consumer Light Bulbs

The Model Regulation Guidelines for conventional consumer light bulbs simplify the deployment, adoption and enforcement of standard regulation on lighting efficiency. The Guidelines contain all...

03-07-2018 A Near Infrared Enhanced LED Lighting Approach

With the evolution of LED lighting, one topic has come more and more in the focus of the lighting industry: Human Centric Lighting (HCL). While HCL is not clearly defined, a common understanding...

25-06-2018 Human-Centric Lighting for Schools, Hospitals, and Offices

By Summer Albergotti and Marissa Keisler With the advance of LED technology and the ability to control light output and color temperatures, facility managers are hearing about "human-centric...

25-06-2018 Luminaire, Lighting Control Market to Grow To $110 Billion

According to a new market report on luminaire and lighting control published by Transparency Market Research, the global luminaire and lighting control market is expected to reach $111 billion by...

19-06-2018 Reconsider UV-C LED lifetime for disinfection based on development decisions (MAGAZINE)

EOIN CONNOLLY explains how application usage scenarios impact the specification and design of UV-C-based sterilization and disinfection products and that common measures of LED lifetime can be...

12-06-2018 LED Lighting Warranties, a new approach to help the market

The introduction of LEDs into the Lighting market has completely disrupted the sector with huge changes in the supply chain and the range of products and speed of innovation in this otherwise slow...

08-06-2018 Right lighting boosts sleep for Alzheimer s patients

THE RIGHT lighting in nursing homes can improve the sleep, mood and behaviour for patients with Alzheimer's disease, says the preliminary findings of a new study. People with Alzheimer's disease...

06-06-2018 New White Paper Explores Energy Efficiency Options For Internet-Connected Devices

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published NEMA IOTP 1-2018 Standby Power of Connected Devices and the Internet of Things. This new white paper explores the conflict...

29-05-2018 The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations

Operating on the theory that exposure to blue light has a calming effect on one’s mood, rail stations in Japan began installing these LED panels as a suicide-prevention measure in 2009. They are...

29-05-2018 Age of Enlightenment: The Promise of Circadian Lighting

Reaching behind a low bookshelf slightly taller than a typical 5-year-old — and one topped with a Seattle Seahawks gnome and stuffed kangaroo — Sara Barbee presses a button labeled “Alert.”...

25-05-2018 LEDs will disinfect your building

ULTRA-VIOLET LEDs are set to play a major role in disinfecting buildings as big-brand manufacturers announced moves into the technology. Current, powered by GE and Hubbell Lighting both unveiled...

11-05-2018 Study links LED streetlights to breast and prostate cancer

BLUE LIGHT from LED street lights is linked to a ‘significant increase' in the risk of breast and prostate cancer, new research has concluded. A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global...

08-05-2018 Lighting the Way for The Next Era of Silicon Microelectronics

Scientists from Boston University, University of Colorado Boulder, the University of California Berkeley, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology joined forces to create a new method for...