Birds of paradise, already famous for their spectacular courtship displays, reveal a new astonishing facet: their ability to ...

When your fluorescent light flickers or makes a loud and annoying hum, a degrading ballast could be the cause. Replacing a ballast is easier than you think, but ballasts can be expensive ...

A light source consisting of a long glass tube containing mercury in a partial vacuum. Available in many lengths and several diameters, the tube is lined with a fluorescent phosphor. When the ...

UV light from sunlight and indoor light sources can trigger a lupus flare. In addition to sunlight, ultraviolet rays are also given off by several different forms of indoor lighting, including compact ...

there are several "low-light" houseplants that will not only survive but thrive under the overhead fluorescent light fixtures common in commercial office spaces.

The shift from fluorescent lamps to more energy-efficient light-emitting diodes is expected to have a decarbonizing effect. If LEDs replace fluorescent lamps by 2027, carbon dioxide emissions can ...

Fluorescent probes are molecules that absorb light of a specific wavelength and emit light of a different, typically longer, wavelength (a process known as fluorescence), and are used to study ...

A Swiss innovation could open an exciting new chapter for recycling fluorescent lamps. Researchers at the Institute of ...