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Fireflies Bring Us Brighter LEDs

Posted by samzenpus on from the bright-bugs dept.

Zothecula writes "Fireflies have helped an international team of scientists get over 50 percent more light out of existing LED bulbs. It was discovered that in the Photuris genus of firefly, scales in the insect's exoskeleton possess optical qualities that boost the amount of bioluminescence that can shine through. Those same qualities were found to dramatically increase the light output of an LED bulb."

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  1. direct link by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Informative

    The linked article is just a paraphrase of this press release, which has more details.

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    1. Re:direct link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      The paper itself has even more details, and is publicly accessible: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-21-S1-A179