Iron and blue LEDs synthesize natural molecules, cutting the need for expensive chiral components

• Photocatalysts facilitate chemical reactions by absorbing light • Metal-based photocatalysts are widely used in organic synthesis due to their durability and the ability to tune

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 179 words

Hair-width LEDs could eventually replace lasers

• Hair-thin LEDs promise laser-like precision for data routing inside server racks. • Researchers demonstrate scalable, low-power LED arrays that match laser performance in optical

Science · February 24, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 163 words

Getting hands-on with LEDs and logic to make science tangible in the classroom

• How do you make the complex reality of chips and electronics accessible to a broad audience? • TU/e researcher Elles Raaijmakers believes an educational game can do just that. •

Science · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 164 words
LEDs Enter the Nanoscale

LEDs Enter the Nanoscale

• MicroLEDs, with pixels just micrometers across, have long been a byword in the display world. • Now, microLED-makers have begun shrinking their creations into the uncharted nano

LEDs Enter the Nanoscale

LEDs Enter the Nanoscale

• MicroLEDs, with pixels just micrometers across, have long been a byword in the display world. • Now, microLED-makers have begun shrinking their creations into the uncharted nano