Fluorescent lights, the staple of school gyms and grocery stores, aren't exactly known for their appeal. The long, skinny tubes have cheaply illuminated communal spaces and retail establishments ...

Most fluorescent tube light fixtures have a plastic light cover to help diffuse the light and hide the tube lights from view.

so look for those that emit the lowest amounts of UV radiation and try to use light shields and lamp shades whenever possible. If a standard fluorescent tube lighting source is shielded by a standard ...

A light source consisting of a long glass tube containing mercury in a partial vacuum. Available in many lengths and several diameters, the tube is lined with a fluorescent phosphor. When the ...

The bulbs inside scanners (before transitioning to LED, anyway) were cold cathode fluorescent tubes that emit a fairly wide bandwidth of light. They were purpose-built to produce a very specific ...

In Japan, some companies manufacture straight tube fluorescent lamps. The shift from fluorescent lamps to more energy-efficient light-emitting diodes is expected to have a decarbonizing effect.