Research

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services (WS) program recently applied for a patent (U.S. Patent Application No. 16/668,253) for a new vehicle-based lighting system to prevent deer-vehicle collisions during low-light conditions.

Researchers at the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL) have produced a method of using light to induce high-frequency sound waves, which in turn are used to reveal the internal structure of opaque materials in very small structures such as semiconductors.

Researchers from Israeli’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered a new technique for long-distance eavesdropping on voice conversations by observing tiny vibrations these sounds make on the glass surface of a visible lamp.

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred fresh interest in UV-C as a way to disinfect objects and surfaces. Signify and the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) at Boston University conducted research that demonstrates effectiveness of the company’s UV-C light sources on the inactivation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) recently released the results of a U.S. Department of Energy-funded study, Measuring Light Exposure and its Effects on Sleep and Behavior in Care Center Residents.

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is investigating light-based disinfection using short-wavelength light, ranging from ultraviolet (UV) to blue light (200 nm to 410 nm).

Rensselaer’s Lighting Research Center has partnered with Eaton Corporation on a project to develop a complete additively manufactured, LED-integrated luminaire. Under funding from the United States Department of Energy, the project will address the main barriers to widespread adoption of additive manufacturing technology (also known as 3D printing) as applied to solid-state lighting.

Observation data produced by the Planck Satellite Mission suggests the universe may not be flat, as popularly believed by scientists, but a sphere.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) recently released the results of a U.S. Department of Energy-funded study, published in Lighting Research & Technology, that validates color preference specification criteria based on American National Standard Institute and Illuminating Engineering Society TM-30-18. The results support TM-30 Annex E recommendations that allow lighting professionals to communicate different color rendition goals (preference, vividness, and fidelity) with far greater precision than prior methods.