Q: I have a two-bulb fluorescent fixture in the basement that flickers when I turn on the light. The lights eventually stop flickering, but it is sure annoying in the meantime. Can you tell me what I ...

The other night I noticed the fluorescent light-bulb (light-tube?) in my parent's kitchen was flicking like crazy, to the point of being a strobe light. Really annoying. The brightness was also lower ...

Q: My home is about 20 years old. My problem is with the lights in the kitchen. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. When I turn on the switch, the light flickers or just partially lights. I ...

Say goodbye to that annoying buzz created by overhead fluorescent light bulbs in your office. Scientists have developed a flicker-free, shatterproof alternative for large-scale lighting. The research ...

A new plastic-based lighting technology produces a consistent, silent white glow that’s pleasing on the eyes. Image by Ken Bennett, Wake Forest University photographer Chances are, sometime today, you ...

The flicker of fluorescent lights, long a symbol of institutional drear, may give new freedom to the handicapped, thanks to a high-tech startup that sees the bulbs as the perfect transmitters. Talking ...

U.S. scientists have developed a new kind of light bulb — one that is long-lasting, flicker-free and shatterproof. Researchers at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., hope that the new ...

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