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Nick Holonyak Jr., LED Lighting Pioneer, Dies at 93

The LED lighting world is mourning a legend this week. The renowned innovator of LED illumination, scientist Nick Holonyak Jr., passed away in Urbana, Ill. He was 93. Holonyak is credited with developing the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode (LED) in 1962. The breakthrough paved the way for today’s modern LED applications including light bulbs, TVs, smart phones and other device displays, lasers, and so much more. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where Holonyak taught as a professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics for 50 years, announced his death.

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Still Buying Incandescent Bulbs? Not For Much Longer

July 2023 Announced as Deadline for Retailers to Stop Selling Incandescent Bulbs

Rolling back a Trump-era policy this week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the finalization of a new efficiency rule that will finally phase out older, high-energy incandescent bulbs. The Department of Energy estimates the rule will save U.S. consumers close to $3 billion on their utility bills, and project it will also cut planet-warming carbon emissions by 222 metric tons over the next 30 years. The move is the culmination of a decades-long bipartisan effort to phase out inefficient light bulbs.