Accidental Invention Points to End of Light Bulbs. News. ... Each dot in Bower's particular batch was exceptionally small, containing only 33 or 34 pairs of atoms.

That comes from a US News and World Report story which states, "Each cone-shaped spiral CFL [compact fluorescent light] costs about $3, compared with 50 cents for a standard bulb." There are ...

End in sight for 100W light bulb ... A European Union ban on the manufacture and import of 100 watt and frosted incandescent light bulbs, ... energy-saving bulbs could also cut the average UK ...

“This is the end of the road for most incandescent bulbs,” said Andrew deLaski, executive director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, a group that supports energy efficiency standards.

Regular readers of Treehugger know that they go all ga-ga over LED lighting. So I was surprised not to find a post about this: An accidental discovery announced this week has taken LED lighting to ...