Chinese medicine: PRC invests $186M in new health tech

Diagnostics, sensors, genomics and more world-class health tech might be the newest crop of innovations by and for China and its rapidly aging population.

New LED light bulbs cost $15, still too expensive

Lighting Science Group and Dixon Technologies today unveiled a new energy-efficient light bulb that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) priced for less than $15.

That brings LED lighting, which is much more efficient than typical incandescent lights, slightly closer to commercial …

Biofuel investing falls as sector matures

Investing in biofuel companies that produce oil-alternatives fell 5.4 percent to $930 million in 2010, down from $980 invested in alternative fuel companies in 2009, according to a report from cleantech analysis firm Lux Research.

While investing in alternative fuels …

Commercial LED lighting provider Lumenpulse raises $16M

Lumenpulse, a developer of commercial-grade light sources that use light-emitting diodes (LEDs), announced today it has raised $16 million in its first round of funding.

The company manufactures more than a dozen kinds of LED lights, some of which can …

Philips snags $10M L Prize with energy-efficient light bulb

The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that multinational electronics company Philips has snagged $10 million in the L Prize for developing an energy-efficient light bulb powered by light emitting diodes (LEDs).

The LED bulb can generate around 900 lumens …

Cree’s new hyper-efficient light bulb may still be too expensive

Cree unveiled a new light-emitting diode (LED) light bulb that boasts the same output as a 75-watt incandescent bulb while consuming about one tenth of the electricity.

The bulb produces 152 lumens — a measure of the visible light emitted …