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Figure it out yet? Any idea what's going on in the above image? Here's a hint: that's a Philips LED bulb in action. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...

Thomas Edison may have invented the lightbulb, but he never received the Nobel Prize for it. Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano at the University of Nagoya, and Shuji Nakamura working at Nichia Chemicals ...

The three Japanese scientists who invented the first efficient blue LEDs in the mid 1990s have received the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics. The invention of efficient blue LEDs was a foundational step in ...

Back in 2005, Oprah got on TV, with Leonardo DiCaprio and his Prius, to warn us all of the dangers of global warming, urging us to swap out incandescent bulbs for more energy-conscious compact ...

Their inventions have found their way into bedside lamps, television screens, and smartphones, and have the potential to give light to the 1.5 billion people who don't have access to electricity grids ...

Along with being brighter, LED bulbs tend to use less power and have a much longer average lifespan compared to conventional halogen bulbs. Now that LED lighting technology has gotten significantly ...

Like it or not, energy-saver light bulbs are about to become the next big thing. Starting next year, lighting manufacturers will begin a government-sanctioned phase out of incandescent bulbs that ...

LED lights are the latest thing in home lighting, using less energy and lasting longer than their incandescent cousins. How do they work? Find out in the latest installment of Appliance Science.