But these days, if lit-up letters in a shop window or on the wall of a nightclub catch your eye, odds are they’re made with light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, not the real thing. It’s a fate befalling ...

Tom Wartman is standing over a rectangle of blue flame and bending glass in his hands. "This fire is about 1,500 degrees," he says casually. He quickly and deftly moves the glass arc from the flame to ...

When we hold a neon tube in our hands or see a neon sign we are seeing our cosmic selves illuminated,” Matuszewicz said. “… ...