You might think that the everyday light bulb is the most common type of lighting today, but actually--if you count all the offices and factories in the United States--the fluorescent lamp outshines the incandescent light bulb as our main source of...

A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor in argon or neon gas, resulting in a plasma that produces short-wave ultraviolet light. This light then causes a phosphor to fluoresce,...

The Philippines will phase out incandescent bulbs by 2010 in favor of more energy-efficient fluorescent globes to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and household costs, the president said Tuesday.Acknowledging similar moves in Canada and Australia, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called for a ban on incandescent...

One of the inventions that put this central New Jersey town on the map could go the way of the typewriter and the horse and buggy if some lawmakers have their way.The incandescent light bulb, perfected for mass use by Thomas A. Edison in the...

Congress says it is going to join the war against global warming by cleaning up its own backyard, now cluttered with a coal-burning power plant, a fleet of fuel-inefficient vehicles and old-fashioned lights.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has set a goal of making House operations carbon...

The proverbial light bulb flashes on a lot at Siemens' Osram Sylvania unit. It has to -- new ideas are crucial to compete in its industry.As the world's top lighting seller, followed by Royal Philips Electronics PHG and General Electric GE, Siemens' SI Osram Sylvania...