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Researchers Convert Light to Sound to Detect Concealed Nanostructures
Research

Researchers Convert Light to Sound to Detect Concealed Nanostructures

Jul 24, 2020

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…

IES Launches Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect Initiative
Lighting Industry

IES Launches Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect Initiative

Jul 23, 2020

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has launched a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Respect (DEIR) Initiative. At the June 8, 2020 Board meeting, the IES Board of Directors unanimously approved the…

Ted Konnerth Joins Merrimack Group as Managing Director
People

Ted Konnerth Joins Merrimack Group as Managing Director

Jul 22, 2020

Ted Konnerth, PhD recently joined Merrimack Group as Managing Director to assist electrical industry companies with mergers, acquisitions, and investment capital. Konnerth has more than 35 years of industry experience,…

New NEMA Standard Provides LED Specifications for HID Retrofits
Codes + Standards

New NEMA Standard Provides LED Specifications for HID Retrofits

Jul 22, 2020

American National Standard for Electric Lamps—LED Lamp Specification Sheets for HID Replacement and Retrofit Applications offers LED Lamp specification sheets for HID replacement and retrofit applications as the means of…

Light for Life Presentations Now Open to Registration, Will be Held July 27-28
Events

Light for Life Presentations Now Open to Registration, Will be Held July 27-28

Jul 21, 2020

Registration is now open for the Illuminating Engineering Society’s collaborative free webinar series, “Light for Life.” From IES: “Light for Life” is a global conversation about the impact of light…

UL to Host Webinars on UV and Photovoltaic Lighting
Events

UL to Host Webinars on UV and Photovoltaic Lighting

Jul 20, 2020

UL recently announced it will host two webinars on UV Product Performance Evaluations and Advancing the Safety of Photovoltaic Lighting. From UL: UV Product Performance Evaluations Thursday, July 23, 2020…

Product Monday: Germicidal UV Luminaires by LumenFocus
Products + Technology

Product Monday: Germicidal UV Luminaires by LumenFocus

Jul 20, 2020

LumenFocus’s new UVFocus line of germicidal UV luminaires use UVC or near-UV technology to disinfect surfaces within line of sight of viruses and bacteria. Currently, LumenFocus is offering three UVC…

NASA Captures Time-Lapse View of Sun Over 10 Years
Energy + Environment

NASA Captures Time-Lapse View of Sun Over 10 Years

Jul 17, 2020

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has been watching the Sun non-stop for over a full decade, gathering 425 million high-resolution images now viewable as a time-lapse video.

Rutgers Names Mariana Figueiro Director for New Center of Healthy Aging
Light + Health, People

Rutgers Names Mariana Figueiro Director for New Center of Healthy Aging

Jul 16, 2020

The Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) recently announced that Mariana Figueiro, PhD has been appointed to lead…

Get a Grip on Lighting: COVID Impacts on the Lighting Industry
Lighting Industry

Get a Grip on Lighting: COVID Impacts on the Lighting Industry

Jul 15, 2020

In this featured episode of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur…

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