A team of scientists has replicated one of Thomas Edison's early experiments from his quest to make the lightbulb, but with ...
More than a century before graphene was isolated in a modern lab, Thomas Edison may have been unknowingly making the wonder material inside his early light bulbs. New experiments suggest that the ...
According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the ...
What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According ...
Electric light bulbs had been around for decades by the 1870s. Most demonstration systems used arc lamps, which seemed far too bright and burned much too hot for indoor household use. In 1878, Thomas ...