(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with members from The Netherlands Institute of Ecology, the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and Wageningen University has found that wild great tits living under street lights ...
Highly efficient, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) could slash the world's electricity consumption. They are already sold in stores, but more widespread adoption of the technology has been hindered by high costs due to limited ...
General Physics
Aug 19, 2015
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More luminous and energy efficient than LEDs, white lasers look to be the future in lighting and light-based wireless communication.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 29, 2015
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For a planet, this would be like a day at the spa. After years of growing old, a massive planet could, in theory, brighten up with a radiant, youthful glow. Rejuvenated planets, as they are nicknamed, are only hypothetical. ...
Astronomy
Jun 26, 2015
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Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured for the first time snapshots of fledgling white dwarf stars beginning their slow-paced, 40-million-year migration from the crowded center of an ancient star cluster ...
Astronomy
May 14, 2015
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During its impressive 25 years the Hubble Space Telescope has captured numerous remarkable views of the universe, providing astronomers with a wealth of data for making astounding discoveries. Of all the beautiful astronomical ...
Astronomy
Apr 24, 2015
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How many researchers does it take to change a light bulb? And how many lives could they save by changing it?
Engineering
Mar 26, 2015
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The light generated by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen is more colourful than a rainbow. The scientists couple a low-energy, infrared laser pulse into a photonic crystal fibre ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 16, 2015
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Names of astronomical objects are often ambiguous, especially when the historical designation of a certain class of celestial body preceded their physical understanding and was based on their appearance in the sky.
Astronomy
Feb 2, 2015
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When the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded this October to three Japanese-born scientists for the invention of blue light emitting diodes (LEDs), the prize committee declared LED lamps would light the 21st century. ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 19, 2014
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