News tagged with compact fluorescent

Rebates to cut price of $60 LED bulb

(AP) -- How much would you pay for an amazing, state-of-the-art light bulb? Shoppers will be asking themselves that very question at Home Depot and other outlets starting Sunday - Earth Day - when the bulb ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 33

Electrons in concert: A simple probe for collective motion in ultracold plasmas

(PhysOrg.com) -- Collective, or coordinated behavior is routine in liquids, where waves can occur as atoms act together. In a milliliter (mL) of liquid water, 1022 molecules bob around, colliding. When a bre ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

GOP wins battle of the bulb

Congress has dodged a government shutdown, agreeing to a $1 trillion spending bill that features a variety of rare compromises. Both Democrats and Republicans won some concessions, and it's too early to say who came out on ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 58

At two universities, pedaling produces electrical power

As four women stepped onto exercise machines and began their workouts at Drexel University's recreation center, a small neon sign nearby began to glow.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Manufacturing method paves way for commercially viable quantum dot-based LEDs

University of Florida researchers may help resolve the public debate over America's future light source of choice: Edison's incandescent bulb or the more energy efficient compact fluorescent lamp. It could be neither.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Mercury vapor released from broken compact fluorescent light bulbs can exceed safe exposure levels

Once broken, a compact fluorescent light bulb continuously releases mercury vapor into the air for weeks to months, and the total amount can exceed safe human exposure levels in a poorly ventilated room, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Physicists observe 'campfire effect' in blinking nanorod semiconductors

When semiconductor nanorods are exposed to light, they blink in a seemingly random pattern. By clustering nanorods together, physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that their combined "on" time is increased ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Texas light bulb bill would skirt federal plan

Texas could soon be in a position to turn the lights off on a federal plan to phase out certain light bulbs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 56

App points homeowners toward best low-energy light bulbs

When it comes to buying an energy-saving light bulb, some consumers want to curb their carbon footprint. Even more want to save money.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Energy saving lamp is eco-winner

In a new study, EMPA researchers have investigated the ecobalances of various household light sources. In doing so not only did they take into account energy consumption, but also the manufacture and disposal processes. They ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

NREL Finds a Way to Give LEDs the Green Light

(PhysOrg.com) -- Light bulbs that last 100 years and fill rooms with brilliant ambiance may become a reality sooner rather than later, thanks to a National Renewable Energy Laboratory discovery.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (52) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Researchers Develop Nanofiber-Based Technology to Make Energy-Efficient Lighting

(PhysOrg.com) -- RTI International has developed a revolutionary lighting technology that is more energy efficient than the common incandescent light bulb and does not contain mercury, making it environmentally ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Company Claims ESLs to be the Future of Light Bulbs (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- 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 ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (24) | comments 22 weblog

Greenlighting a greener world (w/ Video)

Just a few years ago, most conversations Christian Wetzel had about his research began with a quick explanation of LEDs.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A bright idea: Philips lets flat lights out of lab

(AP) -- Someday, our ceilings and walls might radiate light, illuminating indoor spaces as brightly and evenly as natural daylight.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 5