The future of LEDS lies some way beyond the humble LED bulb. (Image: LariBat/shutterstock.com)
As nations turn to LED lighting to save energy and cut emissions, industry players are still chasing efficiencies and searching for the elusive, right light, reports Rebecca Pool
The device triggers a chemical process that converts CO2 and hydrogen into methane and carbon monoxide
The carbon capture device could process up to one megaton of carbon dioxide per year
Laser Components is expanding its portfolio of UV LEDs with products from the South Korean manufacturer Photon Wave
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Researchers detail how two relatively unexplored semiconducting materials can satisfy the demand for more data at greater speeds
As part of the Horizon 2020 project Repro-light two novel LED tiles have been developed that offer new lighting possibilities
Improved performance is achieved without the external packaging components that are often used to manipulate the light emitted by LEDs
Keely Portway looks at how optical software is being used to design light sources
Reporting from the EMVA conference in Copenhagen, Greg Blackman sees how gigapixel resolution can be created with low-cost optics
3D technology is just one of the innovations emerging in the large display market, as Andy Extance assesses the prospects for LCD, OLED and microLEDs in the fight for a share of this competitive space
PureLiFi has provided its LiFi technology for a new range of LiFi-integrated lighting products
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Tiny nanodiamonds are being used to dramatically optimise the calibration of optical microscopes, Matthew Dale finds
After the test disk is placed inside the chamber, some fine tuning is required to ensure they are horizontal and perfectly centred (credit: Caltech)
LIGO scientists have developed a new mirror coating that could dramatically increase the observatory's detection rate of gravitational waves
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Advances in research have made strides in the improvement of wearable and AR/VR displays
LLNL optical engineers Justin Wolfe (left) and Simon Cohen are seen through the 'r' filter (credit: Garry McLeod)
A telescope, described as one of the world’s newest, has been completed following a project undertaken by researchers to develop some very specialist optical filters
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Advances in optical prisms are being used to help researchers gain a greater understanding of space and astronomy
Universities offering associate degrees for optics technicians could help answer the photonics skills shortage, finds Jessica Rowbury
