Everyone knows that one of the coolest things to do with a Tesla coil is to light up neon or fluorescent tubes at a distance. It’s an easy and very visual way to conceptualize how much energy is ...

Scientists have discovered more than 180 species of biofluorescent fish that glow in neon shades of ... out all the ambient blue light so they can just see the fluorescent patterns,” he said.

With their feet dug into the sand, tourists sit in awe on the beach front, mesmerized as little sparks of electric blue light twinkle brightly in the water. The natural neon particles seem to ...

When neon lights debuted in Europe ... thanks in part to the widespread use of plastic for fluorescent signs. Neon signs exist today, though they’ve been eclipsed by newer technologies such ...

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Neon lights, also known as cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL), work when electrodes on each end of a vacuum tube filled with neon or other fluorescing gas are subjected to an alternating ...

Cheaper and less intrusive than electric lights, neon offered urban areas ... his primary material was not neon but fluorescent tubes whose interiors he painted with different colors.

A team of scientists from Japan’s RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics have revealed how carbon nanotubes emit more energetic ...

I’m quite often approached by people holding pictures of the sort of fluorescent lights sold at DIY stores ... the factor that makes street lighting, neon signs and computer monitors pulsate when shot ...

A number of scientific breakthroughs had already shed light on the high-frequency ... Tesla developed some of the first neon and fluorescent illumination. He also took the first x-ray photographs.