News tagged with light emission

Scientists Explore the Mystery of Active Region Outflows

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Japanese Hinode spacecraft that launched in September 2006 contains the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS), which provides measurements of properties of the solar corona such ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Hinode Discovers the Origin of White Light Flare

(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint Japan-United States research team has identified the origin of the white light emission in solar flares.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Physicist finds colder isn't always slower as electron emissions increase at temps to -452 F

(PhysOrg.com) -- Science is detective work so it was not unexpected that new questions would follow old ones as Indiana University Bloomington nuclear physicist Hans-Otto Meyer's work progressed on testing ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Tiny diamond sparklers may hold the key to big advances in biomedical imaging technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers, led by Macquarie University Associate Professor James Rabeau, have discovered that the properties of light emitted from tiny isolated nano-diamonds are completely different ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Berkeley Researchers Light Up White OLEDs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Light-emitting diodes, which employ semiconductors to produce artificial light, could reduce electricity consumption and lighten the impact of greenhouse gas emissions. However, moving this ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Researchers Develop Nanofiber-Based Technology to Make Energy-Efficient Lighting

(PhysOrg.com) -- RTI International has developed a revolutionary lighting technology that is more energy efficient than the common incandescent light bulb and does not contain mercury, making it environmentally ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

British engineers slam home wind turbines as 'eco-bling'

Installing wind turbines and solar panels in people's homes is "eco-bling" that will not help meet Britain's targets on cutting carbon emissions, engineers warned Wednesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 9

Fermi Telescope Peers Deep into Microquasar (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3. The system pairs a hot, massive ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 0

LED light bulbs yield big savings in energy

One way the United States could slash its electricity use, dependence on fossil fuels and emissions of heat-trapping gases is really quite simple: better light bulbs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 42

Obama to unveil dramatic new auto emissions standards

A new front in the battle against climate change will open Tuesday, when President Barack Obama unveils sweeping new auto regulations described as equivalent to taking 177 million cars off the road.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (57) | comments 16

Liquid crystal lasers promise cheaper, high colour resolution laser television

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics (CMMPE) (part of the Department's Photonics Research Group at the University of Cambridge) are leading the way ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 4

New plasma transistor could create sharper displays

(PhysOrg.com) -- By integrating a solid-state electron emitter and a microcavity plasma device, researchers at the University of Illinois have created a plasma transistor that could be used to make lighter, ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Stop traffic crashes: Switch on the lights

Street lighting provides a simple, low cost means of stemming the global epidemic of road traffic death and injury. Low income countries should consider installing more lights, and high income countries should think carefully ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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