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EPS Promotes International Year of Light

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MULHOUSE, France, Sept. 20, 2011 — The European Physical Society (EPS) announced the official start of a global project that aims to have the United Nations proclaim 2015 as an International Year of Light. In addition to celebrating the anniversaries of important milestones in the history of science, the International Year of Light project will include important aspects of education and development. Focus will be directed on how the science of light can improve the quality of life in the developing world and emerging economies. Light plays a central role in human activities in science, technology and culture. Light...Read full article

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    Published: September 2011
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    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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