If you have been in a lighting or hardware store recently, you may have noticed something missing—incandescent light bulbs. These are the types of bulbs we have been using since the days of Thomas ...

America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly. A rule issued in 2007, rolled back by the Trump administration, and updated last year by the ...

It wasn’t too long ago that the federal plan to phase out inefficient incandescent lights, technology patented more than 140 years ago by Thomas Edison, was controversial enough to generate fierce ...

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As we grapple with the demise of laser headlights in the US, as reported on August 18, 2025, and the compatibility issues of ...

The transition from incandescent light bulbs to Compact Flourescent bulbs, followed by technologically superior LED bulbs, has been ongoing for well over a decade. So long, in fact, that many ...

Early automobiles didn’t use light bulbs, instead, they relied on acetylene gas lamps and oil-fueled lanterns before electric ...

The use of incandescent light bulbs, used in household lamps, car headlamps, electric flashlights, decorative and advertising lighting, could be banned by 2012, under new EU plans to cut electricity ...

The traditional 100-watt incandescent light bulb, slated to be phased out as new energy efficiency standards kick in Jan. 1, has been spared thanks to a rider added to the government shutdown-averting ...

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The color temperature of a light, measured in kelvins, is its most noticeable characteristic. A candle, at 1900 K, appears orange. Daylight, at 5500 K, is much whiter and bluer. A 5500-K bulb, however ...