A new type of super-efficient household light bulb is being developed which could spell the end of regular bulbs.

Experts have found a way to make Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) brighter and use less power than energy efficient light bulbs currently on the market.

The technology, used in gadgets such as mobile phones and computers, had previously not been...

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The University of Surrey is to lead a five year £5m Government funded study into silicon photonics.

“There is renewed interest in silicon photonics because of the microprocessor interconnect bottleneck,” programme leader Professor Graham Reed told EW. “If you do it optically, you get a huge bandwidth.”

Although far from an ideal optical material,...

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