Top prize for 'light' inventor
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A Japanese scientist who invented a sustainable form of light is awarded the Millennium Technology Prize.
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The LED maker fulfills its promise.
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One of the inventions that put this central New Jersey town on the map could go the way of the typewriter and the horse and buggy if some lawmakers have their way. The incandescent light bulb, perfected for mass use by Thomas A. Edison in the late 19th century, is being supplanted by fluorescent lighting that is more efficient and longer lasting.
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The X Prize Foundation, famous for its 2004 Ansari award aimed at encouraging private space travel, offered 10 million dollars to the team of researchers able to develop technology that can map 100 human genomes in 10 days.
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TROY, N.Y., Feb. 16  /PRNewswire/ -- "T-rays" have been touted as the next breakthrough in sensing and imaging, but the need for bulky equipment has been an obstacle to reaching the field's potential. Enter Brian Schulkin, winner of the first-ever $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize.
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A scientist who developed new ways to process, transport and store large amounts of fruits and vegetables while maintaining their nutritional value was announced Monday as winner of the 2007 World Food Prize.
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Squid Labs' Saul Griffith is among 24 luminaries to be handed a MacArthur Fellowship -- a $500,000 award for innovators, more commonly referred to as the "genius grant."
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The group that awarded US$10 million this week to the winner of an outer-space travel contest is gearing up to offer cash prizes for technology breakthroughs in medicine, computer science, transportation and a number of other arenas.
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The man who led the team that created Dolly the sheep is among the scientists recognised in the New Year Honours.
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Stringing a few festive lights satisfies most people, but Peter Terren of Tesla Downunder lights up a high-voltage Christmas tree. See it and his other electrical creations, which are gaining international attention.
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Three American scientists won the 2004 Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for showing how tiny quark particles interact, helping to explain everything from how a coin spins to how the universe was built.
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A famous comedian. A multimillionaire trial lawyer. And maybe a Nobel laureate.
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Blog: How many scientists does it take to turn on a lightbulb?
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Google is putting up the bounty for the latest X Prize. Just put a robot on the moon, and it's yours. How did this come about, and what will it take to win it.
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Discoveries about the "oldest light" in the Universe earn John Mather and  George Smoot a Nobel Prize for physics.
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The Nobel Prize in physics is like a scientific riddle: speculation about who could win equals the sheer complexity of the work examined for the coveted award.
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Switching on lightbulbs from a distance Researchers in the US have demonstrated an experimental wireless energy transfer system that could pave the way for truly wireless computing. The team has already successfully made a 60W light bulb light up from a distance of 2 metres.â¦