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You might have come across articles saying that the LED light bulb emits blue light which causes a myriad of harmful effects including damage to the retina, macular degeneration and disturbed sleep ...

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 ...

Researchers have designed and tested ‘human-centric’ LEDs that emit different wavelengths of blue light depending on whether it’s daytime or nighttime, reducing the disruptive effect artificial light ...

Three Japanese who succeeded in inventing efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) where many companies had failed have won the Nobel Prize in Physics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on ...

We're becoming increasingly aware of the negative impacts of prolonged exposure to blue light – the kind emitted by LED bulbs and the screens of our devices. One quick fix is to use blue light ...

Does a blue light keep you up at night? No, it’s not an alien invasion. The city of St. Paul has been gradually replacing LED street lights suffering from an unusual manufacturer’s defect — they’re ...

The main light source of the future will almost surely not be a bulb. It might be a table, a wall, or even a fork. An accidental discovery announced this week has taken LED lighting to a new level, ...

The invention of blue light-emitting diodes that are central to the energy-efficient lights illuminating homes, offices and electronic displays has earned three scientists the 2014 Nobel Prize in ...

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 ...