You see them in every grocery store and home center - those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing the old round bulbs. And pretty soon, the Energy ...

Almost every news story about global warming recommends that consumers switch from incandescent light bulbs to more efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs, or CFLs. But are CFLs really that good ...

Long touted as an energy-saving alternative for home lighting, compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) now have the potential to be even more efficient, as well as dimmable, thanks to research at ...

Lightbulbs are synonymous with bright ideas — in cartoons, at any rate. But compact fluorescent bulbs can also be a small, yet brilliant, step toward energy efficiency. The Department of Energy says ...

New research shows certain countries and some US states stand to benefit from the use of compact fluorescent lighting more than others, and some places may even produce more mercury emissions by ...

Harmless low-energy nuclear reactions may be taking place routinely inside of compact fluorescent lightbulbs, according to a physicist whose theories have NASA researchers abuzz with the prospect of ...

Close your eyes and imagine the fluorescent lamp fixtures from your childhood. These lights most likely hummed, flickered, buzzed, and created harsh, unnatural light. If you stood under one of these ...

Light bulbs are so '70s -- and that's the 1870s, considering that incandescent lighting hasn't changed much since Thomas Edison's day. If you've managed to ignore all the official recommendations that ...

Not all CFLs are created equal. Find out how to save the most energy with CFLs and how to get a bulb with better light quality. Compact fluorescent light bulbs save consumers money — and their use can ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

I get that we have to let incandescents go, but the chilly, shrill light of their replacements doesn’t compare. By Pamela Paul New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect ...