http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- A third to a half of the Sony Corp. TV sets sold annually will be packed with 3-D features by the year ending March 2013, a senior executive said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news178440806.html Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:30:01 EST news178440806 Just when you were finally warming up to the idea of swapping out your old light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones, you may soon find a new alternative at your local hardware store. http://www.physorg.com/news175412870.html Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:10:01 EST news175412870 (PhysOrg.com) -- Sony is showing off prototypes incorporating its super-thin, flexible OLED technology at the CREATEC JAPAN 2009 IT and electronics trade show in Makuhari Messe (Chiba) in Japan. http://www.physorg.com/news174112703.html Electronics Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:10:02 EST news174112703 Just a few years ago, most conversations Christian Wetzel had about his research began with a quick explanation of LEDs. http://www.physorg.com/news171126460.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:08:34 EST news171126460 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Korean company, LG Electronics, the second largest television manufacturer in the world, has announced it will launch a 15-inch organic display TV set in early September. The announcement, made in Seoul on Sunday, said the television set is the largest commercial product using this technology. http://www.physorg.com/news171000523.html Electronics Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:09:28 EST news171000523 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and assembling them into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting properties, such as see-through construction and mechanical flexibility, that would be impossible to achieve with existing technologies. http://www.physorg.com/news169997059.html Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:25:10 EST news169997059 Nanochemists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nano-Science Center, Department of Chemistry at University of Copenhagen have developed nanoscale electric contacts out of organic and inorganic nanowires. In the contact they have crossed the wires like Mikado sticks and coupled several contacts together in an electric circuit. In this way they have produced prototype computer electronics on the nanoscale. http://www.physorg.com/news169727773.html Nanotechnology Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:10:02 EST news169727773 (PhysOrg.com) -- As organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are poised to go mainstream in the near future, scientists continue to explore new twists on the technology. Recently, researchers have fabricated a "liquid-OLED" - an OLED that uses a liquid organic semiconducting layer to transport charge. http://www.physorg.com/news169466260.html Physics Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:58:35 EST news169466260 One way the United States could slash its electricity use, dependence on fossil fuels and emissions of heat-trapping gases is really quite simple: better light bulbs. http://www.physorg.com/news169404880.html Technology Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:30:01 EST news169404880 (AP) -- Someday, our ceilings and walls might radiate light, illuminating indoor spaces as brightly and evenly as natural daylight. http://www.physorg.com/news167489218.html Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:20:02 EST news167489218 It's not yet lights-out for LCD and plasma, but OLED displays are finally ready to begin pushing those technologies out of the limelight. http://www.physorg.com/news165053969.html Electronics Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:20:22 EST news165053969 (PhysOrg.com) -- A transparent thin film barrier used to protect flat panel TVs from moisture could become the basis for flexible solar panels that would be installed on roofs like shingles. http://www.physorg.com/news163350832.html Technology Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:15:50 EST news163350832 South Korea's LG Display said it has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel that is thinner than a pencil, describing it as the world's slimmest. http://www.physorg.com/news161937492.html Electronics Tue, 19 May 2009 07:38:54 EST news161937492 German scientists said Wednesday they had tweaked organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) -- the materials used in flat-screen TVs, laptop computer screens and mobile phone displays -- to become flexible, energy-efficient sources of white light. http://www.physorg.com/news161442237.html Technology Wed, 13 May 2009 14:04:47 EST news161442237 (AP) -- Light-emitting diodes are prime candidates for replacing inefficient incandescent bulbs, but have a few things working against them. They can provide a pleasing warm light or they can be energy-efficient, but they haven't been able to be both at the same time. http://www.physorg.com/news160766041.html Nanotechnology Tue, 05 May 2009 18:14:31 EST news160766041 Royal Philips Electronics today premiered the world`s first OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) -based interactive lighting concepts, created for both consumer as well as professional use, during the Euroluce International Lighting Fair in Milan. The concepts are intuitive and interactive in use, boast ultra flat shapes, soft light-effects and design possibilities never before seen in lighting products. The result is lighting that goes beyond mere illumination -- it becomes an experience in itself. http://www.physorg.com/news159718652.html Technology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:18:48 EST news159718652 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics (CMMPE) (part of the Department's Photonics Research Group at the University of Cambridge) are leading the way towards the development of extremely high colour resolution laser displays using liquid crystal laser technology. http://www.physorg.com/news159458998.html Physics Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:11:08 EST news159458998 Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used to light homes, businesses, and other private and public spaces. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it also presents a tremendous opportunity for savings. Improving the efficiency of commercially available light bulbs -- even a little -- could translate into dramatically lower energy usage if implemented widely. http://www.physorg.com/news158328538.html Physics Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:09:40 EST news158328538 (PhysOrg.com) -- Semiconductor nanowires -- tiny wires with a diameter as small as a few billionths of a meter - hold promise for devices of the future, both in technology like light-emitting diodes and in new versions of transistors and circuits for next generation of electronics. But in order to utilize the novel properties of nanowires, their composition must be precisely controlled, and researchers must better understand just exactly how the composition is determined by the synthesis conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news157894016.html Nanotechnology Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:27:29 EST news157894016 Lighting consumes one-fifth of the electricity generated in the United States. Solid-state lighting offers tremendous potential to improve the situation - once major research challenges are overcome. http://www.physorg.com/news156953162.html Chemistry Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:11:05 EST news156953162 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny light-emitting diodes with optical microsystems that can produce all the colors of the rainbow, a new method for producing printed circuit boards - Fraunhofer researchers are showing innovative developments at the nano tech 2009 exhibition in Japan. http://www.physorg.com/news153595435.html Nanotechnology Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:25:00 EST news153595435 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed and demonstrated a new type of light emitting diode (LED) with significantly improved lighting performance and energy efficiency. http://www.physorg.com/news151003742.html Physics Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:29:02 EST news151003742 (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting methods of pattern transfer available for a number of applications right now is Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT). However, when working with organic material, there are some drawbacks to LIFT, as well as other drawbacks to making use of a high threshold UV or IR laser to effect the transfer. `Besides thermal degradation,` Seung Hwan Ko tells PhysOrg.com, `high laser threshold laser can also induce mechanical cracks on transfer material and problems in edge sharpness.` http://www.physorg.com/news144340467.html Physics Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:34:27 EST news144340467