Using the boiling point of argon as a reference point, Ramsay and his colleague Morris W. Travers isolated three more noble gases and gave them evocative Greek names: neon, krypton, and xenon.

The art of neon lights is still alive and well. You can call them glowing, luminous or even blazing, ... At WeWork, nearly 1,000 neon signs are hung up in their 425 different locations.

The sign itself, made by Carmine Saccardo of NE Neon Company, fits with the urban-tropical vibe of her Southeast Asian restaurant, casting a warm orange glow over the dining room. 1363 Boylston St ...

Neon artist Chris Bracey puts the finishing touches to the artwork 'Heart of the World', a local community piece designed by East London artist Sally Labern on May 16, 2011 in London.

In cities, they gaped at neon — and it was everything. Between the 1930s and the 1970s, neon signs were a potent American symbol for both glamour and depravity, hope and desolation.

But neon signs, once a vital part of a city's culture and barometer for its economic climate, are fading out of sight as the once-popular technology disappears from the streets.

Signmakers L.A. makes all kinds of signs, but they have become the go-to folks to fix and make vintage neon signs. These sign makers are restoring LA to its neon glory, one display at a time | LAist ...

And neon signs were popping up everywhere right in the middle of it all. "Neon really hit the U.S. in the late 1920s," Swormstedt says. "By the early to mid-1930s, every small town had at least ...

The National Neon Sign Museum in The Dalles, Oregon, is popular, too. Founder David Benko says, as interest in neon signs has gone up, so have prices and the number of pieces going to private ...

As neon signs disappeared around the country and some environmental groups opposed them, Las Vegas doubled down and built taller, more elaborate signs. “Neon stood out and stands out,” Green said.

It seemed fitting that in the 1980s the world’s biggest neon sign, for Marlboro cigarettes, was in Hong Kong. Some of the neon was in English, some in Arabic, some in Japanese.