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Beacon Hill residents wrote an open letter requesting gas lamps in the neighborhood be replaced with electric bulbs to protect trees harmed by gas leaks. COURTESY OF IAN HOWARD VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Beacon Hill residents push to replace gas lamps with LED lighting

Katarzyna Jezak December 4, 2020
Those trees were planted in 1977 — the same year the gas lamps were installed. Roughly more than two-thirds of the trees have since died, while the remaining five are in bad health, according to the letter.
The inside of Agganis arena. PHOTO BY MADDIE DOMENICHELLA/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Lighting change makes Agganis Arena more energy-efficient

Naomi Shah February 25, 2018
An energy-efficient lighting system recently installed in Boston University's Agganis Arena is expected to reduce the arena’s annual electricity usage by 65 percent.
People play on the Seaport seesaws on the Seaport Common both during the day. PHOTO BY MALAIKA MOYER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

LED seesaws bring light and music to cold winter Seaport

Daily Free Press Staff February 21, 2018

By Archelle Thelemaque Just steps from the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston’s Seaport district, ringing tones echo throughout the air and bright lights gleam. As visitors approach, they...

The Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center publish research on Sept. 13 that shows RayVio UVD LED as more efficient than sunlight in producing Vitamin D3 in humans. PHOTO BY AUDREY FAIN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

BU research shows LEDs can produce more vitamin D than sunlight

Amanda Kaufman September 19, 2017

The Boston University School of Medicine found that ultraviolet light from LEDs can produce vitamin D in human skin at a faster and more efficient rate than sunlight, according to a Sept. 13 press...

Selim Ünlü and John Connor, professors at Boston University, have developed a tool that utilizes LED light to quickly and inexpensively detect viruses such as Ebola. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE PRUE/COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

BU researchers develop prototype of new Ebola detection device

Tafi Mukunyadzi November 4, 2014

From newspapers and television to Twitter and word of mouth, 2014 has been saturated with news over the rare and infectious Ebola virus. Most recent is the case of Kaci Hickox, a Maine nurse who was isolated...

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