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Aluminum foil lamps outshine incandescent lights
06-04-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers at the University of Illinois are developing panels of microcavity plasma lamps that may soon brighten people's lives. The thin, lightweight panels could be used for residential and commercial lighting, and for certain types of biomedical applications.
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- Cluster – new insights into the electric circuits of polar lights
02-09-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
Giant electrical circuits power the magical open-air light show of the auroras, forming arcs in high-latitude regions like Scandinavia. New results obtained thanks to ESA's Cluster satellites provide a new insight into the source of the difference between the two types of electrical circuits currently known to be associated to the auroral arcs.
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- THEMIS mission fields 5 probes to solve mystery of auroral substorms
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- Great Dome lights up the night
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