There's a light that never goes out… well, almost never. Since the invention of commercial light bulbs in the late 19th century, one bulb has outshone all others. In 2025, it could enter its 124th ...

The Centennial Light shines on (and on and on) in Livermore, California. | Photo: Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons // Background: Olga_Z, iStock via Getty Images There’s a light bulb in Livermore, ...

LIVERMORE — A light will, quite literally, always shine over the Livermore Fire Department. The Centennial Bulb, the world’s longest-burning lightbulb, has been aglow in Livermore for over a century, ...

Q. We are astounded by the number of light bulbs that burn out in our 52 year old home. The problem affects the least expensive bulbs as well as the triple-life ones (that are supposed to last three ...

I last wrote about LED bulbs three years ago, when I was urging people to choose LED over standard incandescent when picking out holiday lights. ‘Tis the season again, but what’s different this year ...

Q: The fan in our downstairs bathroom has been growing noisier over the last few years, and now any light bulb we put in it is burning out quickly. The last one only went for a week before it failed.

Optics researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a process that could make a regular 100-W light bulb consume less electricity than a 60-W bulb while radiating the same amount of light ...

An incandescent light bulb recognized by Guinness World Records as being the longest burning is still glowing strong days after celebrations that marked its 110th anniversary. The Centennial Light ...