LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the CXB High Bay LED luminaire, claimed to be the first LED fixture designed to compete directly with the 67 million traditional high-bay luminaires ...
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Scientists led by experts at Durham University have discovered a natural mechanism in plants that could stimulate their growth even under stress and potentially lead to better crop yields. Plants naturally slow their growth or even stop ...
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Two solid-state lighting (SSL) manufacturers are among the 12 businesses that will receive clean-energy tax credits ranging from $700,000 to $30m each (totaling more than $150m collectively), the US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced. ...
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Doctors often neglect to have a discussion with their teen patients about sexuality issues during their annual physical, a new study reveals. This results in missed opportunities to inform and counsel young people about ways to help ...
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A British researcher says an international team found those at higher risk for type 2 diabetes may reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke by walking. Dr. Thomas Yates of the University of Leicester and colleagues at Duke University ...
The US Department of Energy announced $150 million in tax credits with Cree and Osram Sylvania winning awards for expansion of US-based manufacturing, while Philips Lighting and Toshiba announce new LED retrofit lamps. Cree and Osram ...
Tags: LED, LED Lighting, Retrofit lamps, lamps
The North American Crop Protection Division of BASF announced today that the company will make an end-of-year donation of $50,000 to hunger relief programs. The donation is split between a $25,000 gift to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA is building on its LED street light portfolio with the LEDway High Output (HO) LED street light. With its higher lumen output, it enables the LEDway Series to address ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has extended its Cree LED Bulb portfolio with the launch of the Cree LED 75-watt replacement bulb (joining the existing 65W-, 60W- and 40W-replacement options). Compared with a ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that Anne Whitaker, president, North American Pharmaceuticals, of Sanofi S.A., has been appointed to its board of directors. “Anne has proven herself to be a ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has appointed Norbert Hiller as executive VP Lighting. Hiller brings more than two decades of commercial and operational LED lighting leadership to his new role. Hiller ...
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Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic in Raleigh, NC, USA, one of the city’s largest orthopaedic practices, has chose LED lighting from LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA for its new headquarters and surgery ...
Tags: CREE LED Architectural, Lighting
At the 10th China International Exhibition and Forum on Solid State Lighting (CHINASSL2013) in Beijing, LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA won three LED lighting industry awards. The China SSL Alliance ...
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Durham, N.C.-based antimicrobial textile technology provider PurThread Technologies Inc. and Rochester, N.Y.-based Eastman Kodak Co. have signed a globally exclusive agreement with under which PurThread will embed Kodak's antimicrobial ...
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The Albuquerque Convention Center, a multi-purpose event complex with more than 270,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space, recently selected energy-efficient LED lighting from LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of ...