Do you love Nixie Tubes? Upset that they aren’t really manufactured anymore, and the cost of old ones is rising? Why not make your own? That’s exactly what [Dalibor] of the Czech Republic is ...

Instead a very different type of electronic component ruled the roost, the vaccum tube. A set of electrodes in an evacuated glass envelope whose electrical properties depended on the modulation of ...

A website touting the Sylvania SilverStar headlight bulb says it provides "up to 30 percent" greater visibility down the road. That sounds impressive until you read the fine print: "compared with ...

Q: The kitchen of my 1987 house has fluorescent tubes in the ceiling, which is dropped down 5½ inches so acrylic panels covering the lights look like part of the ceiling. I hate the quality of the ...

Over the years, solar tube lighting systems have become popular modern lighting solutions. And when it comes to using this eco-friendly option there are pros and cons that center on roof type ...

The UV excites phosphor materials applied as a thin layer on the inside of a glass tube, which makes up the structure of the lamp. The phosphors transform the UV to visible light. With fluorescent ...

If a standard fluorescent tube lighting source is shielded by a standard acrylic plastic diffuser, there’s rarely a significant risk for people with systemic lupus. These plastic diffusers are ...

Available in many lengths and several diameters, the tube is lined with a fluorescent phosphor. When the mercury is excited by electricity, it emits ultraviolet (UV) light, which causes the ...

During the past decade and a half, intrinsically fluorescent proteins have been under intense evolutionary pressure for 'fitness', not in the wild, but rather for utility in live-cell imaging ...