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 ...

“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 ...