A team of researchers at MIT and Purdue University may have just saved the traditional light bulbs from going the way of the abacus. It was thought these century-old bulbs would soon be replaced by ...

The food pantry at Kansas City’s Metro Lutheran Ministry is offering food and a little light. The pantry offers clients, who visit once a month, enough food to feed themselves and their families. It ...

Customized home lighting used to mean a dimmer switch. Today, smart light bulbs let you control colors, sync to music, fade at bedtime or even choose white light to suit your mood—from warm amber ...

2014 may be the last year of the good old-fashion incandescent light bulb, as increased efficiency standards established by 2007 federal law are effectively shutting down the light bulb’s manufacture.

LED lightbulbs remain the most expensive option for replacing an old-fashioned incandescent light bulb, costing notably more than compact fluorescent (CFL) or halogen bulb — until now. The new GE ...

A team of material scientists from Wake Forest University in North Carolina have developed plastic light bulbs that are shatter-proof, flicker-free, and seem to last forever. Furthermore, these ...

Seeing light bulbs might foster bright ideas, scientists now find. The concept that reaching an insight is much like shining a light into a dark place goes back to at least Plato. It was this ...

Bad lighting sets the wrong vibe, but these smart bulbs let you switch colors, dim the lights, and set the mood, all for less than the price of a fancy coffee (per bulb). Lighting can make or break a ...

Electric light bulbs had been around for decades by the 1870s. Most demonstration systems used arc lamps, which seemed far too bright and burned much too hot for indoor household use. In 1878, Thomas ...