The line worker at the GE Lighting plant in Circleville is pictured on a light-bulb display in Wal-Mart stores across the country. She is one of the faces of an initiative by the retailer to sell more ...

Toshiba hauled the gate shut for the final time on its incandescent light bulb factory today–ending a production run that dates back to 1890. The reason? The eco-unfriendly, inefficient, ...

Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. But the actual story is more complicated and interesting.

A revolution is upsetting the lighting business as LED light bulbs replace energy-hogging incandescent ones. This is good news for consumers, and the environment; using less energy reduces the ...

CLEVELAND -- After 103 years mass-producing incandescent light bulbs, General Electric Co. intends to close its domestic plants, including the Mahoning Glass plant in Niles, halting production of GE ...

MANCHESTER — Another 14 inches of soil and asphalt is to be placed over the entombed nuclear contaminants at the former Osram Sylvania plant, according to the developer who will bring his ...

Her art has sometimes involved creating an avatar of herself, sending robot vacuum cleaners into an urban demolition zone, and capturing the lives of workers in a light bulb factory in the Pearl River ...

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University of Tennessee provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than ...