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White LEDs: When Good Tech is Applied Badly

Ben Skuse

White LEDs: When Good Tech is Applied Badly

How can a technology at least 10 times longer lasting and half as power hungry as its rivals be accused of being eco-unfriendly?

Basic Research: ‘What Has Physics Ever Done for Us?’

Jude Dineley

Basic Research: ‘What Has Physics Ever Done for Us?’

While the benefits of basic physics research may not always be so obvious, as the seed from which tomorrow’s big technological advances will grow, it must be nurtured.

Hiroshi Amano: How Blue Light Changed the World

Susanne Dambeck

Hiroshi Amano: How Blue Light Changed the World

Finding a method to produce blue LEDs not only rendered flatscreen TVs and smartphones possible, among others. It also means lighting the world.Finding a method to produce blue LEDs not only rendered flatscreen TVs and smartphones possible, among others. It also means lighting the world.