Thomas Edison at the lightbulb’s golden jubilee anniversary. The story of humans trying to use light and heat to their benefit goes back to prehistoric times. The earliest use of fire for these ...

An energy-saving light bulb containing LEDs uses up to 80% less energy and lasts up to 25 times as long as a traditional incandescent bulb. There’s just one problem: many people think that the quality ...

COOPERSBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Under a little-known requirement that went into effect this week, the last of the “general service” incandescent bulbs—descendants of the original light bulb ...

These days, we have LED light bulbs that will last a decade. But it wasn’t so long ago that incandescent lamps were all we had, and they burned out after several months. Thomas Edison’s early light ...

Saturday, December 21 is the shortest day of the year so we thought it would be a good time to appreciate the history of light bulbs. RELATED: Livermore’s 123-year-old Centennial Lightbulb glows up We ...

At the end of July, the incandescent light bulb – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – will pass into history. By Aug. 1, commonly used ...

LED light bulbs are supposed to save consumers money while also sparing the environment, part of the reason why the federal government effectively banned the old-fashioned incandescent bulb on August ...

LED Lighting Supply looked at the history of electric lighting, from early incandescent lightbulbs to LED technology. - Underwood Archives // Getty Images LED Lighting Supply looked at the history of ...

The story of humans trying to use light and heat to their benefit goes back to prehistoric times. The earliest use of fire for these purposes led to torches, oil lamps, candles, gas systems, and ...