News articles tagged with 'bulb'
LED products billed as eco-friendly contain toxic metals, study finds
— 11 Feb 2011 16:57 | EnvironmentThose light-emitting diodes marketed as safe, environmentally preferable alternatives to traditional lightbulbs actually contain lead, arsenic and a dozen other potentially hazardous…
The brain knows what the nose smells, but how? Stanford researchers trace the answer
— 5 Feb 2011 14:12 | HealthMice know fear. And they know to fear the scent of a predator. But how do their brains quickly figure out with a sniff that a cat is nearby?…
Breakthrough in converting heat waste to electricity
— 19 Jan 2011 18:02 | EnvironmentResearchers at Northwestern University have placed nanocrystals of rock salt into lead telluride, creating a material that can harness electricity from heat-generating items such as…
WWF welcomes fading of Europe's incandescent glow
— 29 Aug 2009 09:22 | EnvironmentWWF welcomes the ban on inefficient incandescent light bulbs, coming into effect in the EU from 1 September, but it says that equally energy wasting light bulbs like standard halogens…
Regular light bulbs made super-efficient with ultra-fast laser
— 30 May 2009 13:47 | TechnologyAn ultra-powerful laser can turn regular incandescent light bulbs into power-sippers, say optics researchers at the University of Rochester. The process could make a light as bright…
UCLA physicists create world's smallest incandescent lamp
— 7 May 2009 10:44 | TechnologyIn an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics - two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics - a team from the UCLA Department…
Long-term potentiation in the olfactory bulb
— 3 May 2009 17:00 | HealthBen W. Strowbridge, Ph.D, associate professor of Neuroscience and Physiology/Biophysics, and Yuan Gao, a Ph.D. student in the neurosciences program at Case Western Reserve University…
Cheap and efficient white light LEDs
— 8 Apr 2009 13:10 | TechnologyRoughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used to light homes, businesses, and other private and public spaces. Though this consumption represents a large drain on…
Seven easy actions you can do today to save the environment and gas
— 20 Dec 2008 12:52 | EnvironmentWant to save gasoline, lower your power bills and help save the environment? New Vanderbilt research identifies seven simple actions individuals can start today that have the potential…
Researchers lay out vision for lighting 'revolution'
— 19 Dec 2008 13:20 | TechnologyA 'revolution' in the way we illuminate our world is imminent, according to a paper published this week by two professors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Innovations in photonics…