Have any fluorescent bulbs, either the long tubes or squiggly compact ones? These days, most consumers are switching to newer LED bulbs, which burn cooler and last longer. But what are you supposed to ...

The color temperature of a light, measured in kelvins, is its most noticeable characteristic. A candle, at 1900 K, appears orange. Daylight, at 5500 K, is much whiter and bluer. A 5500-K bulb, however ...

The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders is pleased to announce that Union County has begun sponsoring a free, convenient fluorescent tube light recycling program for county residents. The new ...

A light source consisting of a long glass tube containing mercury in a partial vacuum. Available in many lengths and several diameters, the tube is lined with a fluorescent phosphor. When the mercury ...

Richard Box’s art installation, called FIELD, is powered by the electrical fields from the power lines that run above the project. It’s an eerie sight, to be sure ...

To turn a white OLED into a power-efficient light source, three key parameters must be addressed: the internal electroluminescence quantum efficiency must be close to one (high internal quantum ...

Lauren Murphy is a writer and environmentalist based in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from Western Washington University. Each type of light bulb is recycled ...