Fluorescent lamps are high-efficiency lamps that use electrical discharge through low-pressure mercury vapor to produce ultraviolet (UV) energy, which is then transformed into visible light. The UV ...

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 ...

Fluorescent tube lighting was a staple in homes and commercial ... Plenty of decorative light covers are available, from faux ...

Why not make your own? That’s exactly what [Dalibor] of the Czech Republic is up to, including blowing the glass tubes himself! He’s chosen the Z568 nixie tubes to copy, as they are his ...

Glass tube and rod are hollow or solid stock shapes of fused silicate materials. They are used in laboratory, sight glass, level gage, X-ray tube, optical, lamp, pharma, vacuum tube stem assembly, and ...

Also, note that not all tube lights are fluorescent! Fluorescent tubes are largely being replaced by LED strip lights encased ...

Cellular imaging has become indispensable, enabling researchers to gain deeper insights into cellular processes, morphology ...

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 ...

Give us the chunky, blocky goodness of a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD ... of conductor shorting one of the cathodes inside the tube, the damaged VFD isn’t much to look at, and is beyond ...

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“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...