Science news articles about 'incandescent light bulbs'

... soon be a thing of the past in the European Union. EU Energy Ministers decided in Luxembourg last week to ban incandescent light bulbs in Europe as of 2010...

78 percent of Americans do not know of the federal legislation to phase out incandescent light bulbs.

The stage has been set for the imminent death of the incandescent light bulb. Not everyone is thrilled, however.

LONDON, May 9 (UPI) -- The European Union is set to ban the sale of incandescent light bulbs, forcing consumers to buy more energy efficient alternatives, officials said.

... -powerful laser can turn regular incandescent light bulbs into power-sippers, say optics researchers ... laser beam right through the glass of the bulb and altered a small area on the filament. When we lit ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have used an ultra-powerful laser to turn regular incandescent light bulbs into super-efficient sources of light.

A ban comes into force in the European Union on the manufacture and import of 100-watt incandescent light bulbs.

... ) -- While compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are currently the primary alternative to incandescent light bulbs, a company from Seattle predicts that its own novel light bulbs will eventually replace ...

... latest bright idea in energy-efficient lighting for homes and offices uses big science in nano- ... generated, but mostly trapped, inside the device. A lighting primer: Incandescent light bulbs give off ...

An EU report recommends banning incandescent light bulbs by 2012 to save energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

... such as mercury. As an alternative to the traditional incandescent light bulb, LED lights provide significant energy savings. They can be 2,000 percent more efficient ...

The incandescent light bulb is being phased out, but what will replace it? Stefano Tonzani investigates the technologies that are vying for our sockets.

New energy standards are causing major innovation in incandescent light bulbs, a family of bulbs that some thought would not survive.

... current passes through a wire it emanates heat - a principle that's found in toasters and incandescent light bulbs. Some materials, at low temperatures, violate this law and carry current without ...

... bulb (CFL). However, given its similar reliance on coal-fired plants, coupled with its huge ... end up in landfills. But unlike incandescent light bulbs, CFLs contain mercury, a toxin with potentially ...