The nighttime twinkling of fireflies has inspired scientists to modify a light-emitting diode (LED) so it is more than one and a half times as efficient as the original. Researchers from Belgium, France, and Canada studied the internal structure of firefly lanterns, the organs on the bioluminescent insects’ abdomens that flash to attract mates.

 

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Better LED technology

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 http://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/2013/scientists_mimic_fireflies_to_make_brighter_leds/

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 http://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/2013/scientists_mimic_fireflies_to_make_brighter_leds/

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