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Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are so ubiquitous that it's easy to forget just how much society relies on these underappreciated technological wonders. Yet, the history of the LED goes back further than ...

It’s hard to believe that the first blue LED didn’t arrive until 1993. They look simple, but looks are deceiving (Fig. 1). 1. Image showing a blue InGaN-based LED with gold wire contacts (0.4 × 0.4 mm ...

A Rutgers-led team of scientists has developed an eco-friendly, very stable, ultra-bright material and used it to generate deep-blue light (emission at ~450 nm) in a light-emitting diode (LED), an ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - You’ve probably noticed more colored headlights on area roads. And, our viewer Charolette did too. She wants to know, are those bright blue headlights legal? The answer is no.

Though we’re still galaxies away from having real lightsabers, the wonderful people in charge of Star Wars merchandising has given us the next best thing-LED flash light lightsabers. The Star Wars ...

Light pollution blues: photographs of London taken on board the ISS in 2012 (left) and 2020 (right). The images show the whitening and brightening of the city. (Courtesy: A Sánchez de Miguel et ...