LED lighting

Now the Igor I. Sikorsky prize is worth $250,000. Check out three designs that are getting close.

2 | May 13, 2013 12:09pm | By Janet Fang

Four Harvard University women created a soccer ball that generates electricity for use in off-grid areas of the world. It is having a powerful impact.

11 | May 6, 2013 3:00am | By Jason Dearen

A team of scientists has outlined a new LED street lamp design that could help reclaim the luminosity of the heavens.

10 | April 25, 2013 6:55pm | By David Worthington

LEDs are almost certainly the future of lighting. Among their advertised advantages: They slash electricity consumption. Do they?

60 | November 29, 2012 5:00am | By Mark Halper

BARCELONA -- Part 1 in a two-part series: France and Spain are set to lead the world's biggest, 18-billion-euro physics experiment. What could go wrong?

13 | March 28, 2013 1:44am | By Jennifer Riggins

Now you can set your home light bulbs to flash or change color when your sports team scores. Tunable to any alert - stock prices, weather forecast, traffic reports, social media - through the Net.

5 | May 14, 2013 3:43am | By Mark Halper

The South African native is challenging the legacy rules of U.S. power generation and financing, seeking to make clean energy as cost-effective as electricity generated by fossil fuels.

6 | May 7, 2013 3:00am | By Heather Clancy

Can LED technology replace voice communication underwater?

3 | April 23, 2013 12:36am | By Charlie Osborne

As Philips unveils its brightest LED bulb ever - equivalent to a 75-watt incandescent - we illuminate how long these things will really last.

26 | May 16, 2011 12:03pm | By Mark Halper

A panel of experts assembled in Amsterdam shine light on the strengths and weaknesses of LEDs.

52 | May 12, 2011 2:33pm | By Mark Halper

An analysis of the materials, labor and parts showed that turning an LED into a light bulb requires the integration of some pretty sophisticated technologies.

20 | October 7, 2011 6:00am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Don't go out at night?

2 | May 9, 2013 3:54am | By Mark Halper

A Cambridge University brain scanning project aims to unlock the mysteries of the creature from the room upstairs, in a first ever study of its kind.

1 | May 15, 2013 3:54am | By Mark Halper

To paraphrase them: "Fire up the fission. These imported fossil fuels are breaking us."

May 15, 2013 5:28am | By Mark Halper

Just when LED bulbs were catching on, along comes a technology that could trump them: Plastic. Will you flip for "Fipels"?

14 | December 3, 2012 3:43am | By Mark Halper

International lighting designers gathered in trendy Milan, where they were incandescent over the banning of traditional bulbs

21 | May 2, 2011 9:54am | By Mark Halper

We always hear about island nations suffering from sea level rise. But the risks are real in the United States as well. A new project maps those risks.

4 | March 15, 2012 7:56am | By Rose Eveleth

Thanks to a new study, choosing an LED reflector bulb for a home, commercial or industrial business just got a little easier.

February 13, 2012 12:40pm | By Kirsten Korosec

Company claims to cut electricity use in half for already highly efficient bulbs. Could LEDs finally crack the vast commercial office market?

8 | April 11, 2013 3:39am | By Mark Halper

At only 12 watts, the "Nanolight" provides the brightness of a 100-watt incandescent light bulb and can last decades.

9 | January 17, 2013 4:28am | By Tuan C. Nguyen